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  89R4424 GP-D     By: Menéndez S.B. No. 183       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to personal leave provided for a classroom teacher to   testify at a public hearing.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 22.0031 to read as follows:           Sec.   22.0031.     PERSONAL LEAVE FOR TESTIFYING AT PUBLIC   HEARING. (a)   In addition to all other days of leave provided by   Section 22.003 or by a school district, a classroom teacher is   entitled to not less than two days of leave for compensation to   testify at a public hearing of a local, state, or federal   governmental entity.           (b)     Days of leave taken under this section may not be   deducted from a classroom teacher's accumulated personal leave.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 3.  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.