By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 1634     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a reduction in required days of service for educators in   public schools under certain circumstances.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 21.401, Education Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as   follows:          (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), an [An] educator   employed under a 10-month contract must provide a minimum of 187   days of service.          (c-1)  If a school district anticipates providing less than   180 days of instruction for students during a school year, as   indicated by the district's academic calendar, the district may   reduce the number of days of service required by this section   proportionately.  A reduction by the district does not reduce an   educator's salary.           SECTION 2.  Section 21.401, Education Code, as amended by   this Act, applies only to a contract executed on or after the   effective date of this Act. A contract executed before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the contract was executed, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  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, 2017.