Tex. Educ. Code § 21.401 · Subchapter I. DUTIES AND BENEFITS
MINIMUM SERVICE REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A contract between a school district and an educator must be for a minimum of 10 months' service.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), an educator employed under a 10-month contract must provide a minimum of 187 days of service.
(c) The commissioner, as provided by Section 25.081(b), may reduce the number of days of service required by this section. A reduction by the commissioner does not reduce an educator's salary.
(c-1) If a school district anticipates providing less than 180 days of instruction for students during a school year, as indicated by the district's academic calendar, the district may reduce the number of days of service required by this section proportionately. A reduction by the district does not reduce an educator's salary.
(d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a contract between a school district and an educational diagnostician.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 592, Sec. 1.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 949, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 396, Sec. 1.30, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 82 (S.B. 158), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 673 (S.B. 2073), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019.
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- Tex. Educ. Code § 21.4021FURLOUGHS.Printed as Section 21.401
- Tex. Educ. Code § 29.0821OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE YEAR PROGRAM.Printed as Section 21.401
- Tex. Educ. Code § 30.022GOVERNANCE OF THE TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED.Printed as Section 21.401
- Tex. Educ. Code § 30.052GOVERNANCE OF THE TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.Printed as Section 21.401
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