By: Beckley H.B. No. 517
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a school district policy regarding custodian workloads.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.039 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.039. CUSTODIAN WORKLOAD POLICY. (a) The board of
trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy regarding
custodian workload for district facilities. The policy must
establish benchmarks for the amount of square feet that may be
assigned to a properly equipped school custodian for maintenance
and custodial services during an eight-hour shift.
(b) The board must provide benchmarks under Subsection (a)
categorized by elementary, middle, and high school campuses, and
other district facilities.
(c) The school district shall post the policy adopted under
this section on the school district's Internet website.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
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, 2021.