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78R5385 KKA-F

By:  Grusendorf                                                   H.B. No. 1132



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to nonrenewal of certain public school teacher contracts.            
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 21, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 21.2061 to read as follows:
	Sec. 21.2061.  NONRENEWAL IN BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS.  (a)  
The board of trustees may choose to not renew a teacher's contract 
if the principal of the school to which the teacher is assigned 
determines that nonrenewal is in the best interest of the school's 
students.
	(b)  Sections 21.206 and 21.207 do not apply if the board of 
trustees chooses to not renew a teacher's contract in accordance 
with this section.
	(c)  Notwithstanding Section 21.209 or any other  provision 
of this chapter, the decision of the board of trustees to not renew 
a teacher's contract in accordance with this section is final and 
may not be appealed.
	SECTION 2.  Section 21.2061, Education Code, as added by 
this Act, applies only to a contract nonrenewal that occurs on or 
after September 1, 2003.  A contract nonrenewal that occurs before 
September 1, 2003, is governed by the law in effect on the date that 
the nonrenewal occurs, and the former law is continued in effect for 
that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.