By: Garcia S.B. No. 1479
(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2015; March 19, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 5, 2015,
reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 2;
May 5, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reasonable break times and facilities for school
district educators expressing breast milk.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 21.4051 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.4051. TIME AND FACILITIES FOR EXPRESSING BREAST
MILK. A school district must:
(1) provide a reasonable amount of break time at
appropriate intervals to accommodate an educator desiring to
express breast milk for a child of the educator who is under one
year of age; and
(2) provide a room or other location in close
proximity to the educator's work area, other than a toilet stall or
restroom, with an accessible electrical outlet and a locking door
where the educator can express breast milk in private.
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.
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