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AN ACT
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relating to the use of personal leave by a public school employee. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Section 22.003, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as |
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follows: |
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�������(a)��A state minimum personal leave program consisting of |
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five days per year personal leave with no limit on accumulation and |
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transferable among districts shall be provided for school district |
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employees. School districts may provide additional personal leave |
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beyond this minimum. The board of trustees of a school district may |
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adopt a policy governing an employee's use of personal leave |
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granted under this subsection, except that the policy may not |
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restrict: |
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�������������(1)��the purposes for which the leave may be used; or |
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�������������(2)��the order in which an employee may use the state |
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minimum personal leave and any additional personal leave provided |
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by the school district. |
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�������(f)��A public school employee who retains any sick leave |
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accumulated under former Section 13.904(a), as that section existed |
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on January 1, 1995, is entitled to use the sick leave provided under |
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that section or the personal leave provided under Subsection (a) in |
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any order to the extent that the leave the employee uses is |
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appropriate to the purpose of the leave. |
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�������SECTION�2.��This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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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, 2009. |
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______________________________ |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�522 passed the Senate on |
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April�9,�2009, by the following vote:��Yeas�31, Nays�0. |
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Secretary of the Senate���� |
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�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�522 passed the House on |
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April�28,�2009, by the following vote:��Yeas�144, Nays�0, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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Approved: |
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������������Date |
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����������Governor |