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.