H.B. No. 558
AN ACT
relating to rehiring experienced teachers under probationary
contracts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.102(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A person who is employed as a teacher by a school
district for the first time, or who has not been employed by the
district for two consecutive school years subsequent to August 28,
1967, shall be employed under a probationary contract. A person who
previously was employed as a teacher by a district and, after at
least a two-year lapse in district employment returns to district
employment, may be employed under a probationary contract.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2003-2004
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 558 was passed by the House on April
10, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 558 was passed by the Senate on May
27, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor