{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-661.206","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 661.206","heading":"EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: USE OF SICK LEAVE.","body":"(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.\n(b) An employee may use up to eight hours of sick leave each fiscal year to attend educational activities of the employee's children.\n(c) An employee shall give reasonable advance notice of the employee's intention to use the sick leave to attend an educational activity.\n(d) In this section:\n(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.\n(2) \"Employee\" has the meaning assigned by Section 661.001.\n(3) \"Parent\" means a person standing in parental relation.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 430, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Renumbered from Sec. 661.151 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1310, Sec. 46, eff. June 20, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 250 (H.B. 480), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 250 (H.B. 480), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE B. STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 661. LEAVE","SUBCHAPTER G. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR SICK LEAVE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.661.htm#661.206","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"2e5c21671d7d4224f5f878df8683557fda6ac32c3fb881ef08d76715e31b4af5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-661.205","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-661.207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}