Bill Text: TX HB387 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the right of an employee who is a parent of a child enrolled in a special education program to time off from work to meet with certain persons affecting the education of the child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-21 - Left pending in committee [HB387 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB387-Introduced.html
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| By: Turner | H.B. No. 387 | |
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| relating to the right of an employee who is a parent of a child | ||
| enrolled in a special education program to time off from work to | ||
| meet with certain persons affecting the education of the child. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Chapter 83 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 83. RIGHT OF EMPLOYEE WHO IS A PARENT OF A CHILD ENROLLED IN | ||
| SPECIAL EDUCATION TO MEET WITH CERTAIN PERSONS AFFECTING THE | ||
| EDUCATION OF THE CHILD | ||
| Sec. 83.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Employee" means a person other than an | ||
| independent contractor who, for compensation, performs services | ||
| for an employer under a written or oral contract of hire, whether | ||
| express or implied. | ||
| (2) "Employee's child" means a child who is: | ||
| (A) enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 in | ||
| a special education program; and | ||
| (B) in the custody of an employee. | ||
| (3) "Special education program" means a program | ||
| described by Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code. | ||
| Sec. 83.002. RIGHT TO MEET WITH SCHOOL PERSONNEL. (a) An | ||
| employee who has been employed by the same employer for at least one | ||
| year is entitled to leave as provided by this section to meet, at | ||
| the request of the teacher, counselor, or principal, with: | ||
| (1) a teacher of the employee's child; | ||
| (2) the school counselor of the employee's child; or | ||
| (3) the principal of the school the employee's child is | ||
| attending. | ||
| (b) An employee is entitled under this section to up to 10 | ||
| hours of leave in each 12-month period. | ||
| (c) Before taking leave under this section, an employee must | ||
| provide the employer with written notice at least 48 hours before | ||
| the time the planned absence of the employee is to begin. | ||
| (d) The notice requirement under Subsection (c) does not | ||
| apply to an employee who requires an immediate unplanned leave in an | ||
| emergency situation involving the employee's child. | ||
| Sec. 83.003. UNPAID LEAVE; USE OF LEAVE TIME. (a) Except | ||
| as provided by Subsection (b), leave taken under this chapter must | ||
| be unpaid leave. | ||
| (b) An employee entitled to leave under this chapter who has | ||
| existing vacation leave time, personal leave time, compensatory | ||
| leave time, or other appropriate paid leave time must use that leave | ||
| time for a planned absence authorized by this chapter. | ||
| Sec. 83.004. NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES. (a) Each employer shall | ||
| inform its employees of their rights under this chapter by posting a | ||
| conspicuous sign in a prominent location in the employer's | ||
| workplace. | ||
| (b) The Texas Workforce Commission by rule shall prescribe | ||
| the design and content of the sign required by this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
