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repealed.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