By: Uresti S.B. No. 1317
(In the Senate - Filed March 3, 2017; March 14, 2017, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 24, 2017,
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 3; April 24, 2017, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1317 By: Uresti
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the earliest day a public school teacher may be required
to report for service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 21.010 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.010. FIRST DAY OF TEACHER SERVICE. (a) Except as
provided by Subsection (b), a school district may not require a
teacher to report for service at the beginning of a school year
earlier than the seventh business day before the first day that
instruction will be provided to students.
(b) A school district may require a teacher who is in the
teacher's first year of employment with the district to report for
service at the beginning of a school year up to 10 business days
before the first day that instruction will be provided to students.
SECTION 2. Section 21.010, Education Code, as added by this
Act, applies beginning with the 2018-2019 school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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