82R9799 KKA-F
By: Weber H.B. No. 2539
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of school districts to suspend teachers
without pay pending discharge.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.104(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) In lieu of discharge or pending discharge, a school
district may suspend a teacher without pay for good cause as
specified by Subsection (a) for a period not to extend beyond the
end of the current school year.
SECTION 2. Section 21.156(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) In lieu of discharge or pending discharge, a school
district may suspend a teacher without pay for good cause as
specified by Subsection (a) for a period not to extend beyond the
end of the current school year.
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, 2011.