Relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency regarding recommended standards for school district facility maintenance and custodial services.

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90R2036 KRM-D

By: Jones of Dallas
H.B. No. 1060

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency regarding

recommended standards for school district facility maintenance and

custodial services.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "agency" means the

Texas Education Agency.

SECTION 2. STUDY REGARDING RECOMMENDED STANDARDS FOR

MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL SERVICES. (a) The agency shall conduct a

study regarding recommended standards for school district

maintenance of facilities and custodial services, including a

standard for appropriate custodial workloads to adequately

maintain a school district's facilities.

(b) In conducting the study, the agency shall consider:

(1) the square footage of a typical elementary,

middle, and high school;

(2) the square footage of administrative and district

facilities other than instructional facilities in a typical school

district;

(3) appropriate levels of custodial service to provide

for proper maintenance of school district facilities; and

(4) the time required for different levels of

custodial service based on different numbers of custodial employees

and resources.

(c) The study must identify:

(1) the maintenance and custodial staff needed to

adequately meet a typical school district's needs;

(2) the tasks required to be completed by maintenance

and custodial staff, including time estimates for completion of

each task by an adequately equipped maintenance and custodial

staff; and

(3) any additional funding or other resources, if any,

needed by school districts to meet the standards recommended by the

study for school district maintenance of facilities and custodial

services.

SECTION 3. REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. Not later than December

1, 2028, the agency shall submit a report to the legislature that

includes the results of the study conducted under Section 2 of this

Act and any associated recommendations.

SECTION 4. EXPIRATION. This Act expires September 1, 2029.

SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2027.