82S10097 GCB-D
By: Shelton H.B. No. 21
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reduction in force of teachers employed by a school
district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.157, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 21.157. NECESSARY REDUCTION OF PERSONNEL. A teacher
employed under a continuing contract may be released at the end of a
school year and the teacher's employment with the school district
terminated at that time because of a necessary reduction of
personnel by the school district[, with those reductions made in
the reverse order of seniority in the specific teaching fields].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.