By: Hall S.B. No. 1600
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the resignation or termination or nonrenewal of the
contract of a superintendent of a school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 11.2011 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.2011. SUPERINTENDENT RESIGNATION OR TERMINATION OR
NONRENEWAL OF CONTRACT. (a) If the superintendent of a school
district leaves the employment of the district by resignation or by
the termination or nonrenewal of a contract, the school district
shall:
(1) post on the school district's Internet website, if
any:
(A) a notice of the resignation, termination, or
nonrenewal that includes any grounds for the resignation,
termination, or nonrenewal; and
(B) a copy of any agreement related to the
resignation, termination, or nonrenewal entered into between the
superintendent and the school district; and
(2) report the information required by Subdivision (1)
to the agency.
(b) The agency shall post the information sent to the agency
under Subsection (a)(2) on the agency's Internet website.
(c) A contract or agreement between a school district and a
superintendent may not include:
(1) a confidentiality provision regarding the
resignation, termination, or nonrenewal or a resignation,
termination, or nonrenewal agreement or the grounds for
resignation, termination, or nonrenewal; or
(2) a provision prohibiting the district or agency
from posting the information required by Subsection (a)(1) on the
district's or agency's Internet website.
(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this
section.
SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
this section, this Act applies only to a resignation, termination,
or nonrenewal that occurs on or after the effective date of this
Act. A resignation, termination, or nonrenewal that occurred
before that date is governed by the law as it existed at the time the
resignation, termination, or nonrenewal occurred, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(b) If a superintendent resigns or the superintendent's
contract is terminated or not renewed on or after the effective date
of this Act and the superintendent was, on the date of resignation,
termination, or nonrenewal, subject to an employment contract that
contains provisions that conflict with Section 11.2011, Education
Code, as added by this Act, the provisions of the employment
contract control to the extent of conflict during the term of that
contract.
(c) Section 11.2011(c), Education Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to an employment contract that is entered into or
renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. An employment
contract entered into or renewed before that date is governed by the
law as it existed at the time the employment contract was entered
into or renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.