TITLE: Relating to the required minutes of service during each school day for a classroom teacher in public schools.

SUMMARY: Relating to the required minutes of service during each school day for a classroom teacher in public schools.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the required minutes of service during each school day for a classroom teacher in public schools. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 21.401, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) A contract between a school district and a classroom teacher may not require the teacher to work more than 510 minutes during each day of service. SECTION 2. Section 21.401(e), Education Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a contract executed on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract executed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the day the contract was executed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 school year. SECTION 4. 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.