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.