Tex. Education Code § 22.006

This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 22.006, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.

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§ 22.006. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON JURY SERVICE PROHIBITED.

Official statutory text

(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.

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