Educational Activities Leave

This personal leave may provide direct access to up to 8 hours each fiscal year to attend school-sponsored educational activities for your children using your Extended Illness Bank (EIB).¹

Eligibility

All full-time and part-time (at least 50 percent) benefits eligible employees are eligible for EIB. This 8 hour period is pro-rated for part-time employees based on their full-time equivalency status (FTE.) 

Process For Using

STEP 1: Employee requests leave for Educational Activities with reasonable advance notice.

STEP 2: Employee requests time off through the timekeeping system and follows their Departmental Time Off Procedures.

STEP 3: Manager approves time off request or communicates reasons for not approving it (e.g., scheduling conflicts, not eligible, etc.)

Rules

1.     Educational activities include parent-teacher conferences; tutoring sessions; classroom, volunteer, athletic, music or theater programs; school committees; field trips; graduation ceremonies and academic competitions for the employee's children who are in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.²

2.     A parent means a person standing in parental relation.³

Sources:
¹Texas Government Code Section 661.206
²Texas Government Code Section 661.206(d)(1)
³Texas Government Code Section 661.206(d)(3)