78R9443 ESH-F


By:  Madden                                                       H.B. No. 912



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the distribution of school district employment policies 
to teachers employed under term contracts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.   Section 21.204(d), Education Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(d)  The board of trustees shall provide each teacher with a 
copy of the teacher's contract with the school district and, on the 
teacher's request, a copy of the board's employment policies.  If 
the district has an Internet website, the district shall place the 
board's employment policies on that website. At each school in the 
district, the board shall make a copy of the board's employment 
policies available for inspection at a reasonable time on request.
	SECTION 2.  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.