By: Alvarado, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 480
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013;
April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 7, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 7, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of sick leave by state employees who are
attending educational activities of their children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 661.206, Government Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 661.206. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES [PARENT-TEACHER
CONFERENCE]: USE OF SICK LEAVE.
SECTION 2. Sections 661.206(b), (c), and (d), Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) An employee may use up to eight hours of sick leave each
fiscal year to attend educational activities of [parent-teacher
conference sessions for] the employee's children.
(c) An employee shall give reasonable advance notice of the
employee's intention to use the sick leave to attend an educational
activity [a parent-teacher conference].
(d) In this section:
(1) "Educational activity" means a school-sponsored
activity, including a parent-teacher conference, tutoring, a
volunteer program, a field trip, a classroom program, a school
committee meeting, an academic competition, and an athletic, music,
or theater program.
(2) "Employee" has the meaning assigned by Section
661.001.
(3) [(2)] "Parent" means a person standing in parental
relation.
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, 2013.
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