Section 21.401 - Minimum Service Required(a) A contract between a school district and an educator must be for a minimum of 10 months' service.(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), an educator employed under a 10-month contract must provide a minimum of 187 days of service.(c) The commissioner, as provided by Section 25.081(b), may reduce the number of days of service required by this section. A reduction by the commissioner does not reduce an educator's salary.(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.(d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a contract between a school district and an educational diagnostician.Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 673,Sec. 1, eff. 6/10/2019.Amended by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 82, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2007.Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 396, Sec. 1.30, eff. 9/1/1999.Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 592, Sec. 1.05, eff. 9/1/1997Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 949, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1997Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. 5/30/1995.