86R9124 MM-D
By: Hall S.B. No. 1619
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the availability of certain information regarding
school district employee compensation and employment contracts and
to the term of a contract for a teacher and a superintendent of a
school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 11.1519 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.1519. POSTING OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND
CONTRACT INFORMATION. (a) In this section, "compensation" means
salaries, wages, and employment stipends.
(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date the agency
posts the information submitted by the district under the Public
Education Information Management System (PEIMS), a school district
that maintains an Internet website shall post on the district's
website:
(1) a listing of each district employee and the
employee's compensation for the school year;
(2) subject to Subsection (d), a copy of a contract
signed by:
(A) the district's superintendent;
(B) an athletic director; and
(C) each coach of any extracurricular athletic
activity employed by the district; and
(3) a blank copy of each type of contract used by the
district under Section 21.002(a).
(c) If a school district does not maintain an Internet
website, the district shall submit the information required by
Subsection (b) to the agency within the period provided by that
subsection. On receipt of the information submitted under this
subsection, the agency shall post the district's information on the
agency's Internet website.
(d) A copy of a contract described by Subsection (b)(2) that
is posted on an Internet website under that subsection or
Subsection (c) must be redacted to exclude any information that is
confidential under Chapter 552, Government Code.
(e) Information posted on an Internet website by a school
district or the agency as required by this section must be
maintained on that website until the applicable entity posts the
information for the following school year.
(f) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. Section 11.201(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The board of trustees of an independent school district
may employ by contract a superintendent for a term not to exceed the
length of the term of a trustee of the district [five years].
SECTION 3. Section 21.205, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 21.205. TERM OF CONTRACT. Except as provided by
Section 11.201(b), once [Once] a teacher has completed the
probationary contract period, the term of a contract under this
subchapter may not exceed five school years.
SECTION 4. Section 21.206, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The board of trustees may not renew a teacher's term
contract earlier than the sixth month before the contract ends.
SECTION 5. Section 21.212, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) The board of trustees may not renew a superintendent's
term contract earlier than the sixth month before the contract
ends.
SECTION 6. Section 11.201(b), Education Code, as amended by
this Act, and Sections 21.206(d) and 21.212(g), Education Code, as
added by this Act, apply only to a contract executed on or after the
effective date of this Act. A contract executed before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the contract was executed, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.