{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.418","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 21.418","heading":"ELECTION BY TEACHER TO USE UNPAID LEAVE.","body":"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.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 3.07, eff. June 20, 2025.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS","CHAPTER 21. EDUCATORS","SUBCHAPTER I. DUTIES AND BENEFITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.21.htm#21.418","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"dc31cb07503283f8438d26f2bb89a68cffb6423b5658f6a488d45982cfc55f53","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.417","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.451"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}