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| 1 | 1 | 85R13204 MEW-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Reynolds H.B. No. 3213 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the review by a school district board of trustees of a | |
| 8 | 8 | hearing examiner's determination regarding good cause to suspend a | |
| 9 | 9 | teacher without pay or terminate the teacher's contract. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 21.259(b), Education Code, is amended to | |
| 12 | 12 | read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (b) The board of trustees or board subcommittee may adopt, | |
| 14 | 14 | reject, or change the hearing examiner's: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) conclusions of law [, including a determination | |
| 16 | 16 | regarding good cause for suspension without pay or termination]; or | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) proposal for granting relief. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. Section 21.257(a-1), Education Code, is | |
| 19 | 19 | repealed. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | |
| 21 | 21 | a hearing before a hearing examiner held on or after the effective | |
| 22 | 22 | date of this Act. A hearing before a hearing examiner held before | |
| 23 | 23 | the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on | |
| 24 | 24 | the date of the hearing, and the former law is continued in effect | |
| 25 | 25 | for that purpose. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |