Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R3989 TSS-D
2	2	By: Darby H.B. No. 3190
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to school personnel and public school operations,
10	10	including the eligibility of certain employees for unemployment
11	11	compensation benefits.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, is amended
14	14	to read as follows:
15	15	(a) A local innovation plan may not provide for the
16	16	exemption of a district designated as a district of innovation from
17	17	the following provisions of this title:
18	18	(1) a state or federal requirement applicable to an
19	19	open-enrollment charter school operating under Subchapter D,
20	20	Chapter 12;
21	21	(2) Subchapters A, C, D, and E, Chapter 11, except that
22	22	a district may be exempt from Sections 11.1511(b)(5) and (14) and
23	23	Section 11.162;
24	24	(3) requirements related to class size limits under
25	25	Section 25.112 and notice regarding class size under Section
26	26	25.113;
27	27	(4) state curriculum and graduation requirements
28	28	adopted under Chapter 28; and
29	29	(5) [(4)] academic and financial accountability and
30	30	sanctions under Chapters 39 and 39A.
31	31	SECTION 2. Section 21.401, Education Code, is amended by
32	32	adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
33	33	(e) A contract between a school district and a classroom
34	34	teacher may not require the teacher to work more than 510 minutes
35	35	during each day of service.
36	36	SECTION 3. Section 25.113, Education Code, is amended to
37	37	read as follows:
38	38	Sec. 25.113. NOTICE OF CLASS SIZE. (a) Not later than the
39	39	31st day after the first day of the school year, a school district
40	40	shall post on the district's Internet website the class size of each
41	41	elementary school class in the district, organized by grade level.
42	42	(a-1) A campus or district that is granted an exception
43	43	under Section 25.112(d) from class size limits shall provide
44	44	written notice of the exception to the parent of or person standing
45	45	in parental relation to each student affected by the
46	46	exception. The notice must be in conspicuous bold or underlined
47	47	print and:
48	48	(1) specify the class for which an exception from the
49	49	limit imposed by Section 25.112(a) was granted;
50	50	(2) state the number of children in the class for which
51	51	the exception was granted; and
52	52	(3) be included in a regular mailing or other
53	53	communication from the campus or district, such as information sent
54	54	home with students.
55	55	(b) The notice required by Subsection (a-1) [(a)] must be
56	56	provided not later than the 31st day after:
57	57	(1) the first day of the school year; or
58	58	(2) the date the exception is granted, if the
59	59	exception is granted after the beginning of the school year.
60	60	SECTION 4. Section 37.113, Education Code, is amended to
61	61	read as follows:
62	62	Sec. 37.113. NOTIFICATION REGARDING BOMB THREAT OR
63	63	TERRORISTIC THREAT. A school district that receives a bomb threat
64	64	or terroristic threat relating to a campus or other district
65	65	facility at which students are present shall provide notification
66	66	of the threat as soon as possible to:
67	67	(1) the parent or guardian of or other person standing
68	68	in parental relation to each student who is assigned to the campus
69	69	or who regularly uses the facility, as applicable; and
70	70	(2) each teacher who is employed at the campus or whose
71	71	duties require regular visitation to the facility, as applicable.
72	72	SECTION 5. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
73	73	amended by adding Sections 38.0085 and 38.045 to read as follows:
74	74	Sec. 38.0085. POSTING OF NURSE AVAILABILITY. Each school
75	75	district and open-enrollment charter school shall post on the
76	76	district's or school's Internet website the days and hours during
77	77	which a nurse is present and available to students at each campus in
78	78	the district.
79	79	Sec. 38.045. CUSTODIAN WORKLOAD POLICY. (a) The board of
80	80	trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy regarding
81	81	custodian workload for district facilities. The policy must
82	82	establish benchmarks for the amount of square feet that may be
83	83	assigned to a properly equipped school custodian for maintenance
84	84	and custodial services during an eight-hour shift.
85	85	(b) The board must provide benchmarks under Subsection (a)
86	86	categorized by elementary, middle, and high school campuses, and
87	87	other district facilities.
88	88	(c) The school district shall post the policy adopted under
89	89	this section on the school district's Internet website.
90	90	SECTION 6. Section 207.041, Labor Code, is amended by
91	91	adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
92	92	(b-1) Subsection (b) does not apply to an individual if the
93	93	services performed by the individual for an educational institution
94	94	consist only of driving a school bus transporting students to and
95	95	from school or a school-sponsored or school-related activity.
96	96	SECTION 7. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as amended
97	97	by this Act, applies to each local innovation plan adopted under
98	98	Chapter 12A, Education Code, regardless of whether the plan was
99	99	adopted before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. A
100	100	local innovation plan adopted or renewed before the effective date
101	101	of this Act must comply with Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as
102	102	amended by this Act, not later than September 1, 2025.
103	103	SECTION 8. Section 21.401(e), Education Code, as added by
104	104	this Act, applies only to a contract executed on or after the
105	105	effective date of this Act. A contract executed before the
106	106	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
107	107	day the contract was executed, and the former law is continued in
108	108	effect for that purpose.
109	109	SECTION 9. Section 207.041(b-1), Labor Code, as added by
110	110	this Act, applies only to a claim for unemployment compensation
111	111	benefits filed with the Texas Workforce Commission on or after the
112	112	effective date of this Act. A claim filed before the effective date
113	113	of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the claim
114	114	was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
115	115	purpose.
116	116	SECTION 10. The amendments by this Act to the Education Code
117	117	apply beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.
118	118	SECTION 11. This Act takes effect immediately if it
119	119	receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
120	120	house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
121	121	If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
122	122	effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.