89R2722 JRJ-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 167
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a substitute teaching requirement for each member of
the senate and the house of representatives.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 301.074 to read as follows:
Sec. 301.074. SUBSTITUTE TEACHING REQUIREMENT. (a) Each
member of the senate and the house of representatives shall
substitute teach at a public school located in the member's
district for at least one school day each school year.
(b) Each member shall report the member's compliance with
Subsection (a) to the senate or house committee on administration,
as applicable. Each committee shall maintain a list of the members
in the committee's respective house who do not meet the
requirements of this section. The list is public information under
Chapter 552.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply
beginning with the 2025-2026 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, 2025.