H.B. No. 1113
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. Section 21.106, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a [A] teacher may
agree to be returned to probationary contract status only after
receiving written notice that the board of trustees of the school
district has [of the] proposed discharge, termination, or
nonrenewal.
(d) A teacher may agree to be returned to probationary
contract status after receiving written notice of the
superintendent's intent to recommend discharge, termination, or
nonrenewal. Notice under this subsection must inform the teacher
of the school district's offer to return the teacher to
probationary contract status, the period during which the teacher
may consider the offer, and the teacher's right to seek counsel.
The district must provide the teacher at least three business days
after the date the teacher receives notice under this subsection to
agree to be returned to probationary contract status. This
subsection does not require a superintendent to provide notice of
an intent to recommend discharge, termination, or nonrenewal.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1113 was passed by the House on April
30, 2003, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1113 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