Bill Text: TX HB2695 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a school district policy regarding custodian workloads.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Public Education [HB2695 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2695-Introduced.html
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By: Jones of Dallas | H.B. No. 2695 |
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relating to a school district policy regarding custodian workloads. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 38.040 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 38.040. CUSTODIAN WORKLOAD POLICY. (a) The board of | ||
trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy regarding | ||
custodian workload for district facilities. The policy must | ||
establish benchmarks for the amount of square feet that may be | ||
assigned to a properly equipped school custodian for maintenance | ||
and custodial services during an eight-hour shift. | ||
(b) The board must provide benchmarks under Subsection (a) | ||
categorized by elementary, middle, and high school campuses, and | ||
other district facilities. | ||
(c) The school district shall post the policy adopted under | ||
this section on the school district's Internet website. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
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, 2023. |