Texas Government Code 661.206 – Educational Activities: Use of Sick Leave
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(a) This section applies to an employee who is a parent of a child who is a student attending a grade from prekindergarten through 12th grade.
(b) An employee may use up to eight hours of sick leave each fiscal year to attend educational activities of the employee’s children.
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 661.206
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) An employee shall give reasonable advance notice of the employee’s intention to use the sick leave to attend an educational activity.
(d) In this section:
(1) “Educational activity” means a school-sponsored activity, including a parent-teacher conference, tutoring, a volunteer program, a field trip, a classroom program, a school committee meeting, an academic competition, and an athletic, music, or theater program.
(2) “Employee” has the meaning assigned by § 661.001.
(3) “Parent” means a person standing in parental relation.