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.