H.B. No. 2561
AN ACT
relating to the definition of "school year" for purposes of the
Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 821.001(15), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(15) "School year" means[:
[(A)] a 12-month period beginning [approximately]
September 1 and ending [approximately] August 31 of the next
calendar year[; or
[(B) for a member whose contract or oral or
written work agreement begins after June 30 and continues after
August 31 of the same calendar year, a period not to include more
than 12 months beginning on the date the contract or agreement
begins].
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2012-2013
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2561 was passed by the House on April
20, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2561 was passed by the Senate on May
5, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor