TITLE: Relating to a classroom teacher's lunch period.

SUMMARY: Relating to a classroom teacher's lunch period.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a classroom teacher's lunch period. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 21.405(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), each classroom teacher or full-time librarian is entitled to at least a 45-minute [30-minute] lunch period free from all duties and responsibilities connected with the instruction and supervision of students. Each school district may set flexible or rotating schedules for each classroom teacher or full-time librarian in the district for the implementation of the duty-free lunch period. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 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.