Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1022 amends the Education Code to render void a public school educator's employment contract if the educator does not hold an appropriate state-issued certificate or permit or fails to fulfill the requirements for an extension of a temporary or emergency certificate or permit. The bill allows a school district, after notifying an employee that the employee's contract is void, to terminate the employee, suspend the employee with or without pay, or retain the employee for the rest of the year on an at-will employment basis in a nonteaching position at a salary that is the same as or lower than the contract salary. A school district's decision in such case is not subject to appeal or to certain notice and hearing requirements, and the affected employee is no longer entitled to the minimum salary prescribed by the minimum salary schedule for professional school staff.

The bill provides an exception to this automatic nullification of employment contracts for certified teachers assigned to teach a subject for which they are not certified.