Texas Education Code

§ 22.006 — DISCRIMINATION BASED ON JURY SERVICE PROHIBITED

ED § 22.006Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS · Ch. 22. SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS · Art. A. RIGHTS, DUTIES, AND BENEFITS

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(a)A school district may not discharge, discipline, reduce the salary of, or otherwise penalize or discriminate against a school district employee because of the employee's compliance with a summons to appear as a juror.

(b)For each regularly scheduled workday on which a nonsalaried employee serves in any phase of jury service, a school district shall pay the employee the employee's normal daily compensation.

(c)An employee's accumulated personal leave may not be reduced because of the employee's service in compliance with a summons to appear as a juror.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 656, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.