HBA-JRA H.B. 1582 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1582
By: Salinas
Public Education
3/12/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Professional classroom teachers, as part of their current job
responsibilities, provide daily classroom course instruction, grade papers,
prepare daily classroom lesson plans, conduct regular parent-teacher
conferences and plan and conduct non-instructional classroom activities.
State-mandated student testing requirements and related paperwork add to
the amount of time spent on routine clerical work. Increasingly, teachers
are being required to attend and monitor functions that are not directly
related to their traditional classroom duties, such as school board
meetings, athletic events, and city council or county commissioners court
meetings.  H.B. 1582 prohibits school districts from requiring teachers to
attend more than one school-related meeting or other activity each week,
beyond the regular teacher work day, without compensation.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, by adding
Section 21.4031, as follows: 

Sec. 21.4031.  COMPENSATION FOR LONGER WORK DAY.  Prohibits a school
district from requiring a teacher to attend more than one school-related
meeting or other activity each week beyond the regular teacher work day
without compensation for the time spent on the activity based on a
proportionate amount of the teacher's daily rate of pay.  Establishes that
a teacher's daily rate of pay is the quotient of the teacher's salary for a
school year divided by the number of days of service for that year. 

SECTION 2.  Makes application of this Act prospective to the 1999-2000
school year. 

SECTION 3.Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.