Floor Packet Page No. 139
      Amend CSSB 4 by adding the following new SECTIONS,
appropriately numbered, and by renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS
of the bill accordingly:
      SECTION ____.  Section 11.163, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      Sec. 11.163.  EMPLOYMENT POLICY.  (a)  The board of trustees
of each independent school district shall adopt a policy providing
for the employment and duties of district personnel.  The
employment policy must provide that:
            (1)  the superintendent has sole authority to select
<make recommendations to the board regarding the selection of> all
personnel other than the superintendent and to discharge or suspend
all personnel other than the superintendent or an employee whose
discharge or suspension requires action of the board of trustees
under Chapter 21 <, except that the board may delegate final
authority for those decisions to the superintendent>; and
            (2)  each principal must approve each teacher or staff
appointment to the principal's campus as provided by Section
11.202.
      (b)  <The board of trustees may accept or reject the
superintendent's recommendation regarding the selection of district
personnel.  If the board rejects the superintendent's
recommendation, the superintendent shall make alternative
recommendations until the board accepts a recommendation.>
      <(c)>  The employment policy may:
            (1)  specify the terms of employment with the district;
or
            (2)  delegate to the superintendent the authority to
determine the terms of employment with the district.
      SECTION ____.  Section 11.201(d), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
      (d)  The duties of the superintendent include:
            (1)  assuming administrative responsibility and
leadership for the planning, operation, supervision, and evaluation
of the education programs, services, and facilities of the district
and for the annual performance appraisal of the district's staff;
            (2)  assuming administrative authority and
responsibility for the assignment and evaluation of all personnel
of the district other than the superintendent;
            (3)  selecting all <making recommendations regarding
the selection of> personnel of the district other than the
superintendent, as provided by Section 11.163;
            (4)  initiating the termination or suspension of an
employee or the nonrenewal of an employee's term contract in
accordance with Chapter 21;
            (5)  managing the day-to-day operations of the district
as its administrative manager;
            (6)  preparing and submitting to the board of trustees
a proposed budget as provided by Section 44.002;
            (7)  preparing recommendations for policies to be
adopted by the board of trustees and overseeing the implementation
of adopted policies;
            (8)  developing or causing to be developed appropriate
administrative regulations to implement policies established by the
board of trustees;
            (9)  providing leadership for the attainment of student
performance in the district based on the indicators adopted under
Section 39.051 and other indicators adopted by the State Board of
Education or the district's board of trustees;
            (10)  organizing the district's central administration;
and
            (11)  performing any other duties assigned by action of
the board of trustees.
      SECTION ____.  Section 11.202(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
      (b)  Each principal shall:
            (1)  except as provided by Subsection (d), approve all
teacher and staff appointments for that principal's campus from a
pool of applicants selected by the superintendent <district> or of
applicants who meet the hiring requirements established by the
district, based on criteria developed by the principal after
informal consultation with the faculty;
            (2)  set specific education objectives for the
principal's campus, through the planning process under Section
11.253;
            (3)  develop budgets for the principal's campus;
            (4)  assume the administrative responsibility and
instructional leadership, under the supervision of the
superintendent, for discipline at the campus;
            (5)  assign, evaluate, and promote personnel assigned
to the campus;
            (6)  recommend to the superintendent the termination or
suspension of an employee assigned to the campus or the nonrenewal
of the term contract of an employee assigned to the campus; and
            (7)  perform other duties assigned by the
superintendent pursuant to the policy of the board of trustees.