81R8271 KKA-F
By: Thibaut H.B. No. 1470
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that school districts notify employees
regarding entitlement to leave time in circumstances involving
assault.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.003, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) Not later than the last day of the first week of
instruction for the fall semester of each school year, a school
district shall notify each district employee in writing of the
employee's rights under Subsection (b). The notification must
appear in bold-faced type using at least a 14-point font size. The
notification may be provided electronically or on paper. If a
district provides the notification by including it in an electronic
or paper version of an informational teacher handbook or other
informational handbook, the notification must appear on the first
page that immediately follows the table of contents.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.