By Wilson                                             H.B. No. 1169
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the residency of certain public school teachers.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
 1-5     amended by adding Section 21.411 to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 21.411.  RESIDENCY OF TEACHERS.  (a)  This section
 1-7     applies only to a school district that has an enrollment of at
 1-8     least 195,000 students on the date enrollment is determined for the
 1-9     school year.
1-10           (b)  Except to the extent permitted under Subsection (c),
1-11     notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a school
1-12     district may not continue the employment of a teacher unless the
1-13     teacher resides in the boundaries of the school district.
1-14           (c)  A person who does not reside in the boundaries of a
1-15     school district on the date employment as a teacher with the
1-16     district begins must reside in the district not later than the
1-17     120th day after that date.
1-18           SECTION 2.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 21.411, Education
1-19     Code, as added by this Act, a school district to which that section
1-20     applies may not continue the employment of a teacher employed by
1-21     the district on the effective date of this Act unless the teacher
1-22     resides in the boundaries of the district not later than January 1,
1-23     2002.
1-24           (b)  Section 21.411, Education Code, as added by this Act,
 2-1     may not affect the rights of a teacher under a contract with a
 2-2     school district.
 2-3           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.