82R9800 PAM-F
By: Huberty H.B. No. 2234
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the term of probationary contracts for certain public
school teachers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.102(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) A probationary contract may not be for a term exceeding
one school year. The probationary contract may be renewed for two
additional one-year periods, for a maximum permissible
probationary contract period of three school years, except that the
probationary period may not exceed two years [one year] for a person
who has been employed as a teacher in public education for at least
five of the eight years preceding employment by the district.
SECTION 2. 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.