82R7427 KFF-F
By: Eissler H.B. No. 2561
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.