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| 1 | 1 | 89R10383 BCH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Allen H.B. No. 2709 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the required minutes of service during each school day | |
| 10 | 10 | for a classroom teacher in public schools. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 21.401, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 13 | 13 | adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (e) A contract between a school district and a classroom | |
| 15 | 15 | teacher may not require the teacher to work more than 480 minutes | |
| 16 | 16 | during each day of service. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. Section 21.401(e), Education Code, as added by | |
| 18 | 18 | this Act, applies only to a contract executed on or after the | |
| 19 | 19 | effective date of this Act. A contract executed before the | |
| 20 | 20 | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | |
| 21 | 21 | day the contract was executed, and the former law is continued in | |
| 22 | 22 | effect for that purpose. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 | |
| 24 | 24 | school year. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 26 | 26 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 27 | 27 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |