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  89R2169 PRL-D     By: Hughes S.B. No. 313       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the use of certain personal leave by school district   teachers.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 21.416 to read as follows:           Sec.   21.416.     ELECTION BY TEACHER TO USE UNPAID LEAVE. The   board of trustees of a school district shall adopt a policy that   provides a classroom teacher employed by the district the option to   elect not to take the teacher's paid personal leave concurrently   with unpaid leave the teacher is entitled to take under the Family   and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq.) for   an absence due to pregnancy or the birth or adoption of a child.          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.