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| 1 | 1 | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2169 | |
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| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | relating to personal leave for wellness provided for school | |
| 9 | 9 | district employees. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 22.003, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 12 | 12 | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (a-1) In addition to all other days of leave provided under | |
| 14 | 14 | this section or by a school district, a school district employee is | |
| 15 | 15 | entitled to not less than two days of leave for compensation per | |
| 16 | 16 | year for wellness. Days of leave taken under this subsection may | |
| 17 | 17 | not be accumulated or deducted from an employee's accumulated | |
| 18 | 18 | personal leave. A school district shall adopt a policy regarding an | |
| 19 | 19 | employee's use of leave under this subsection, including procedures | |
| 20 | 20 | for the processing and documentation of leave taken under this | |
| 21 | 21 | subsection. A school district may not require documentation from an | |
| 22 | 22 | employee for days of leave taken under this subsection. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 | |
| 24 | 24 | school year. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. 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. |