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  89R10383 BCH-D     By: Allen H.B. No. 2709       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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 480 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 2025-2026   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. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.