By: West S.B. No. 1792
(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2021; March 26, 2021, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 30, 2021,
reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 3, one
present not voting; April 30, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a leave pool for school district employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.003, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) and amending Subsection (c-1) to
read as follows:
(a-1) In addition to all other days of leave provided by
this section or by the school district, a school district shall
provide one day of personal leave per district employee in a leave
pool established by the district board of trustees in accordance
with this subsection and Subsection (a-2). The district shall
allow an employee to voluntarily contribute to the leave pool
created under this subsection one or more additional days of
personal leave accumulated by the employee. The district shall
credit the leave pool with the number of days of personal leave
contributed by the employee and deduct a corresponding number of
days of leave from the employee's accrued personal leave as if the
employee had taken the leave.
(a-2) In establishing a leave pool under Subsection (a-1),
the board of trustees of a school district shall adopt procedures
for the administration and operation of the leave pool. The
procedures must ensure that the number of days of personal leave
that an employee is permitted to use from the leave pool is related
to the number of personal days of leave contributed by the employee
under Subsection (a-1).
(c-1) Any informational handbook a school district provides
to employees in an electronic or paper form or makes available by
posting on the district website must include information on the
leave pool created under Subsection (a-1) and notification of an
employee's rights under Subsection (b) in the relevant section of
the handbook. Any form used by a school district through which an
employee may request leave under this section must include assault
leave under Subsection (b) as an option.
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.
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