Bill Text: TX HB1695 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1695 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the deadline for providing notice to public school teachers regarding renewal or nonrenewal of term contracts and termination of probationary contracts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-03 - Referred to Public Education [HB1695 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB1695-Introduced.html

	82R8631 VOO-D

	By: Zedler	H.B. No. 1695



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the deadline for providing notice to public school
	teachers regarding renewal or nonrenewal of term contracts and
	termination of probationary contracts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 21.103(a), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a) The board of trustees of a school district may terminate
	the employment of a teacher employed under a probationary contract
	at the end of the contract period if in the board's judgment the
	best interests of the district will be served by terminating the
	employment. The board of trustees must give notice of its decision
	to terminate the employment to the teacher not later than the 10th
	[~~45th~~] day before the last day of instruction required under the
	contract. The board's decision is final and may not be appealed.
	SECTION 2. Section 21.206(a), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a) Not later than the 10th [~~45th~~] day before the last day of
	instruction in a school year, the board of trustees shall notify in
	writing each teacher whose contract is about to expire whether the
	board proposes to renew or not renew the contract.
	SECTION 3. This Act supersedes any provision in a local
	policy of a board of trustees of a school district requiring the
	district to give notice to a teacher earlier than required under
	Section 21.103(a) or 21.206(a), Education Code, as amended by this
	Act.
	SECTION 4. If this Act takes effect on or before April 13,
	2011, the change in law made by this Act applies beginning with
	contracts for the 2011-2012 school year. If this Act takes effect
	after April 13, 2011, the change in law made by this Act applies
	beginning with contracts for the 2012-2013 school year.
	SECTION 5. 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, 2011.