78R3502 CAS-D

By:  Crownover                                                    H.B. No. 1113


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 under a written agreement between the teacher and the board of trustees of the district or the board's designee if the teacher receives prior[. [(b) A teacher may agree to be returned to probationary contract status only after receiving] written notice of: (1) the proposed discharge, termination, or nonrenewal; or (2) the superintendent's intent to recommend discharge, termination, or nonrenewal. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.