82R6479 CAE-F
By: Shelton H.B. No. 1296
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a public school teacher's entitlement to a certain
number of planning and preparation days each school year.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Each school year, a classroom teacher is entitled to at
least three days for instructional preparation. A classroom
teacher may not be required to participate in any other activity,
including parent-teacher conferences, on a day scheduled for
planning and preparation under this subsection.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
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, 2011.