By Luna S.B. No. 957
74R5265 KKA-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the application of the term contract nonrenewal act to
1-3 registered nurses.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 21.201(1), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (1) "Teacher" means:
1-8 (A) a superintendent;<,>
1-9 (B) a principal;<,>
1-10 (C) a supervisor;<,>
1-11 (D) a classroom teacher;<,>
1-12 (E) a counselor;<,>
1-13 (F) a registered nurse; or
1-14 (G) any other full-time professional employee,
1-15 except a paraprofessional employee <personnel>, who is required to
1-16 hold a valid certificate or teaching permit.
1-17 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-18 (b) Subchapter G, Chapter 21, Education Code, as amended by
1-19 this Act, applies to registered nurses employed on the effective
1-20 date of this Act under a term contract regardless of when the
1-21 employment contract was executed.
1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.