78R3500 CAS-D

By:  Madden                                                       H.B. No. 1167



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the resignation of a public school teacher employed 
under a term contract.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 21.210(a), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  A teacher employed under a term contract with a school 
district may relinquish the teaching position and leave the 
employment of the district at the end of a school year without 
penalty by filing a written resignation with the board of trustees 
or the board's designee not later than the 60th [45th] day before 
the first day of instruction of the following school year.  A 
written resignation mailed by prepaid certified or registered mail 
to the president of the board of trustees or the board's designee at 
the post office address of the district is considered filed at the 
time of mailing.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.