82S10098 GCB-D
By: Huberty H.B. No. 20
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice required for termination of a teacher's
probationary contract or nonrenewal of a teacher's term contract.
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 15th
[45th] day before the last day of instruction required under the
contract. The notice must be delivered personally to the teacher or
mailed by prepaid certified mail to the teacher's address of record
with the district. Notice that is mailed in accordance with this
subsection is considered given at the time of mailing. 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 15th [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. The notice must
be delivered personally to the teacher or mailed by prepaid
certified mail to the teacher's address of record with the
district. Notice that is mailed in accordance with this subsection
is considered given at the time of mailing.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by Sections 21.103 and
21.206, Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies beginning
with contracts for the 2012-2013 school year.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.