82R9688 KKA-F
By: Gonzales of Williamson H.B. No. 1632
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the dates by which public school teachers must provide
notification of resignation from employment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.105(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A teacher employed under a probationary contract for the
following school year may relinquish the position and leave the
employment of the district at the end of a school year without
penalty by filing with the board of trustees or its designee a
written resignation not later than the 60th [45th] day before the
first day of instruction of the following school year. A written
resignation mailed by prepaid certified or registered mail to the
president of the board of trustees or the board's designee at the
post office address of the district is considered filed at the time
of mailing.
SECTION 2. Section 21.160(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A teacher employed under a continuing contract may
relinquish the position and leave the employment of the district at
the end of a school year without penalty by filing with the board of
trustees or its designee a written resignation not later than the
60th [45th] day before the first day of instruction of the following
school year. A written resignation mailed by prepaid certified or
registered mail to the president of the board of trustees or the
board's designee at the post office address of the district is
considered filed at time of mailing.
SECTION 3. Section 21.210(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A teacher employed under a term contract with a school
district may relinquish the teaching position and leave the
employment of the district at the end of a school year without
penalty by filing a written resignation with the board of trustees
or the board's designee not later than the 60th [45th] day before
the first day of instruction of the following school year. A
written resignation mailed by prepaid certified or registered mail
to the president of the board of trustees or the board's designee at
the post office address of the district is considered filed at the
time of mailing.
SECTION 4. 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.