82R19372 KKA-F
By: Shelton H.B. No. 2380
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2380:
By: Huberty C.S.H.B. No. 2380
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to employment by school districts of certain persons under
probationary contracts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.102, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Section 21.202(b), the following
persons shall be employed under a probationary contract:
(1) a person who is employed as a teacher by a school
district for the first time;
(2) a person[, or] who has not been employed by the
district for two consecutive school years subsequent to August 28,
1967; and
(3) a person who is employed in a new professional
capacity that requires a different class of certificate under
Subchapter B than the class of certificate held by the person in the
professional capacity in which the person was previously employed[,
shall be employed under a probationary contract].
(a-1) Subsection (a)(3) does not apply to a person who is
returned by a school district to a professional capacity in which
the person was employed by the district before the district
employed the person in the new professional capacity as described
by that subdivision. A person described by this subsection is
entitled to be employed in the original professional capacity
under the same contractual status as the status held by the person
during the previous employment by the district in that capacity.
(a-2) A person who previously was employed as a teacher by a
district and, after at least a two-year lapse in district
employment returns to district employment, may be employed under a
probationary contract.
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.