84R2342 SRS-D
By: Longoria H.B. No. 245
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a classroom teacher's lunch period.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.405(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), each classroom
teacher or full-time librarian is entitled to at least a 45-minute
[30-minute] lunch period free from all duties and responsibilities
connected with the instruction and supervision of students. Each
school district may set flexible or rotating schedules for each
classroom teacher or full-time librarian in the district for the
implementation of the duty-free lunch period.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
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, 2015.