HB 3245
AN ACT relating to requiring school districts to annually provide
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
This Texas bill requires school districts to annually provide comprehensive benefits information to current employees, retired employees, and their families. Districts can deliver this information through an annual presentation, which may be conducted by a school district representative or an external human resources professional. The requirement will take effect for the 2025-2026 school year, ensuring employees have clear, consistent access to details about their insurance, retirement, and death benefits.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to requiring school districts to annually provide information regarding employee benefits to district employees, retired district employees, and their families. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 22.013 to read as follows: Sec. 22.013. INFORMATION REGARDING EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. (a) Each school year, a school district shall provide to district employees, employees who retired from the district, and their families information regarding the employee's benefits, including the employee's insurance, retirement, and death benefits. (b) A school district may provide the information required by Subsection (a) through an annual presentation given at the district. A district may contract with a human resources representative to provide the presentation. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 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.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to requiring school districts to annually provide
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