Bill Text: TX HB2456 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to notice of termination of a teacher's contract given by a board of trustees of a school district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-12 - Referred to Public Education [HB2456 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2456-Introduced.html

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83R10664 CAE-D
By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 2456

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of termination of a teacher's contract given by a
board of trustees of a school district.
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 45th
[10th] day before the last day of instruction required under the
contract. The notice must be delivered personally by hand delivery
to the teacher on the campus at which the teacher is employed,
except that if the teacher is not present on the campus on the date
that hand delivery is attempted, the notice must be mailed by
prepaid certified mail or delivered by express delivery service to
the teacher's address of record with the district. Notice that is
postmarked on or before the 45th [10th] day before the last day of
instruction is considered timely given under this subsection. 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 45th [10th] 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. The notice must
be delivered personally by hand delivery to the teacher on the
campus at which the teacher is employed, except that if the teacher
is not present on the campus on the date that hand delivery is
attempted, the notice must be mailed by prepaid certified mail or
delivered by express delivery service to the teacher's address of
record with the district. Notice that is postmarked on or before
the 45th [10th] day before the last day of instruction is considered
timely given under this subsection.
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, 2013.