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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of certain personal leave by school district |
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teachers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 21.416 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.416. ELECTION BY TEACHER TO USE UNPAID LEAVE. (a) |
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The board of trustees of a school district shall adopt a policy that |
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provides a classroom teacher employed by the district the option to |
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elect not to take the teacher's paid personal leave concurrently |
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with unpaid leave the teacher is entitled to take under the Family |
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and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq.) for |
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an absence due to pregnancy or the birth or adoption of a child. |
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(b) A teacher who elects to take unpaid leave under this |
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section may not take paid personal leave, except in the case of a |
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medical or other emergency, until the 13th week following the date |
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the teacher returns from the unpaid leave. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |