By: Bernal H.B. No. 860
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the compensation of public school district employees
for additional workdays.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 22.012 to read as follows:
Sec. 22.012. COMPENSATION FOR ADDITIONAL WORKDAY. (a) Not
later than May 1 of each year, a school district shall publish an
official calendar for the following school year that specifies each
day that is an official workday for school district employees.
(b) If a school district employee is required to work on
additional days that are not identified as workdays on the calendar
published as required by Subsection (a), the district shall
compensate the employee for the additional days.
(c) A school district must compensate an employee for each
additional day of work in an amount not less than the greater of:
(1) the amount that the school district would deduct
from the employee's annual salary if the employee accrued an
absence beyond the employee's available personal leave;
(2) a daily rate, calculated by dividing the
employee's annual salary by the number of workdays specified in the
calendar required under Subsection (a); or
(3) the same rate by which the annual salary of the
employee may be reduced as provided by Section 21.4021(b).
(d) A school district may not take any action that results
in a longer workday for a school district employee to comply with
this section.
SECTION 2. 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, 2017.