By Bivins S.B. No. 207
77R2703 BDH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the selection of a hearing examiner in a teacher
1-3 suspension or contract termination hearing.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 21.254(e), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (e) After the teacher receives the notice of the proposed
1-8 action, the parties by agreement may select a hearing examiner from
1-9 the list maintained by the commissioner under Subsection (a) or a
1-10 person who is not certified to serve as a hearing examiner. A
1-11 person who is not a certified hearing examiner may be selected only
1-12 if the person is [under this subsection must be] licensed to
1-13 practice law in this state. If the parties agree on a hearing
1-14 examiner before the teacher files a request for hearing under
1-15 Section 21.253, the request shall include the name of the hearing
1-16 examiner selected. If the parties agree on a hearing examiner
1-17 after the teacher files the request for hearing, the teacher shall
1-18 promptly notify the commissioner in writing of the name of the
1-19 hearing examiner.
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-23 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.