By Seaman H.B. No. 201
77R725 ESH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain information that school districts must provide
1-3 to teachers and administrators.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 21.204(d), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (d) The board of trustees shall provide each teacher with a
1-8 copy of the teacher's contract with the school district and, on the
1-9 teacher's request, a copy of the board's employment policies. If
1-10 the district has an Internet website, the district shall place the
1-11 board's employment policies on that website. At each school in the
1-12 district, the board shall make a copy of the board's employment
1-13 policies available for inspection at a reasonable time on request.
1-14 SECTION 2. Section 37.018, Education Code, is amended to
1-15 read as follows:
1-16 Sec. 37.018. INFORMATION FOR EDUCATORS. (a) Each school
1-17 district shall, on the request of a teacher or administrator,
1-18 provide the [each] teacher or [and] administrator with:
1-19 (1) a copy of this subchapter; and
1-20 (2) [with] a copy of the local policy relating to this
1-21 subchapter.
1-22 (b) If the district has an Internet website, the district
1-23 shall place the information described by Subsection (a) on that
1-24 website.
2-1 SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
2-2 school year.
2-3 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-4 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-5 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-6 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-7 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.