| 1 | 1 | | 84R2343 SRS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Longoria H.B. No. 244 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the lunch period for classroom teachers at the middle |
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| 8 | 8 | | school, junior high school, or high school grade level. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 21.405(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), each classroom |
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| 13 | 13 | | teacher or full-time librarian at the elementary school level is |
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| 14 | 14 | | entitled to at least a 30-minute lunch period free from all duties |
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| 15 | 15 | | and responsibilities connected with the instruction and |
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| 16 | 16 | | supervision of students. Except as provided by Subsection (c), |
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| 17 | 17 | | each classroom teacher or full-time librarian at the middle school, |
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| 18 | 18 | | junior high school, or high school grade level is entitled to at |
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| 19 | 19 | | least a 45-minute lunch period free from all duties and |
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| 20 | 20 | | responsibilities connected with the instruction and supervision of |
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| 21 | 21 | | students. Each school district may set flexible or rotating |
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| 22 | 22 | | schedules for each classroom teacher or full-time librarian in the |
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| 23 | 23 | | district for the implementation of the duty-free lunch period. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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| 25 | 25 | | school year. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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