78R3938 CAS-D
By: Crownover, et al. H.B. No. 1112
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to returning a public school teacher to probationary
contract status.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 21.106(a) and (b), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) In lieu of discharging a teacher employed under a
continuing contract, terminating a teacher employed under a term
contract, or not renewing a teacher's term contract, a school
district may[, with the written consent of the teacher,] return the
teacher to probationary contract status:
(1) with the teacher's written consent if the teacher
receives prior[.
[(b) A teacher may agree to be returned to probationary
contract status only after receiving] written notice of the
proposed discharge, termination, or nonrenewal; or
(2) without the teacher's written consent if, under
the commissioner's recommended appraisal process adopted under
Section 21.351:
(A) the teacher is designated as a "teacher in
need of assistance," and the teacher's performance is evaluated as
unsatisfactory in:
(i) achieving active, successful student
participation in the learning process;
(ii) providing learner-centered
instruction;
(iii) providing evaluation of student
progress; or
(iv) managing student discipline,
instructional strategies, time, and materials; or
(B) the teacher is designated as a "teacher in
need of assistance" for two consecutive school years.
(b) Probationary contract status under Subsection (a)(2)(A)
begins the school year following the school year for which the
teacher receives the appraisal as a "teacher in need of assistance"
and is evaluated as unsatisfactory in a category specified by that
subsection. Probationary contract status under Subsection
(a)(2)(B) begins the school year following the school year for
which the teacher receives the second appraisal as a "teacher in
need of assistance."
SECTION 2. Section 21.106(a)(2), Education Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to an appraisal concerning public school
teacher performance during the 2003-2004 school year or a later
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.