78R1163 BDH-D

By:  Dutton                                                       H.B. No. 358



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain information provided to public school employees 
whose employment is terminated.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 22.007 to read as follows:
	Sec. 22.007.  STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND 
REMEDIES REQUIRED. On termination of the employment of any school 
district employee, the district shall provide to the employee a 
written statement of any administrative procedures and remedies 
required to be exhausted by the employee before the employee may 
bring suit against the district for the termination.
	SECTION 2.  Section 22.007, Education Code, as amended by 
this Act, applies only to a termination that occurs on or after 
September 1, 2003.  A termination that occurs before September 1, 
2003, is governed by the law in effect when the termination 
occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.