HB3558 - Relating to certain provisions required to be included in teacher employment contracts.

  89R12810 GP-F     By: Allen H.B. No. 3558       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to certain provisions required to be included in teacher   employment contracts.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 21.002, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:           (a-1)     A contract described by Subsection (a) must include   provisions that:                 (1)     specify the number of days of service during which   the educator is required to perform duties or responsibilities   under the contract, including duties and responsibilities related   to the instruction and supervision of students;                 (2)     specify the first and last days of service of the   contract term; and                 (3)     require the district employing the educator to   compensate the educator at the educator's daily rate of pay for any   additional days of service that exceed the number of days of service   specified under Subdivision (1).          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this   Act.  A contract entered into before the effective date of this Act   is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was   entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.