HBA-MPM, CCH H.B. 1568 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1568
By: Grusendorf
Public Education
4/23/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law requires a school district when hiring a principal from outside
of the district, to hire the principal under a probationary contract
regardless of the principal's years of experience.  For this reason,
qualified principals may be reluctant to change jobs and move to another
school district. House Bill 1568 allows a school district to hire such a
principal under a term contract as long as the principal has previous
experience as a principal. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1568 amends the Education Code to authorize a school district to
employ a person as a principal under a term contract if the person has
experience as a principal regardless of whether the person is being
employed by the school district for the first time or whether the person
has been employed by the district for two consecutive school years
subsequent to August 28, 1967. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001. This Act applies beginning with the
2001-2002 school year.