By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 1634
(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 22, 2017, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 5, 2017,
reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0;
April 5, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a reduction in required days of service for educators in
public schools under certain circumstances.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.401, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), an [An] educator
employed under a 10-month contract must provide a minimum of 187
days of service.
(c-1) If a school district anticipates providing less than
180 days of instruction for students during a school year, as
indicated by the district's academic calendar, the district may
reduce the number of days of service required by this section
proportionately. A reduction by the district does not reduce an
educator's salary.
SECTION 2. Section 21.401, Education Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a contract executed on or after the
effective date of this Act. A contract executed before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the contract was executed, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
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, 2017.
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