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| 1 | 1 | By: Beckley H.B. No. 517 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to a school district policy regarding custodian workloads. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | |
| 9 | 9 | amended by adding Section 38.039 to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | Sec. 38.039. CUSTODIAN WORKLOAD POLICY. (a) The board of | |
| 11 | 11 | trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy regarding | |
| 12 | 12 | custodian workload for district facilities. The policy must | |
| 13 | 13 | establish benchmarks for the amount of square feet that may be | |
| 14 | 14 | assigned to a properly equipped school custodian for maintenance | |
| 15 | 15 | and custodial services during an eight-hour shift. | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) The board must provide benchmarks under Subsection (a) | |
| 17 | 17 | categorized by elementary, middle, and high school campuses, and | |
| 18 | 18 | other district facilities. | |
| 19 | 19 | (c) The school district shall post the policy adopted under | |
| 20 | 20 | this section on the school district's Internet website. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | |
| 22 | 22 | school year. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |