78R3503 CAS-D
By: Baxter H.B. No. 1405
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. Section 21.106(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A school district may return [In lieu of discharging] a
teacher employed under a continuing or [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:
(1) for any consideration specified for that purpose
in the teacher's employment contract with the district; or
(2) on any other basis agreed to in writing by the
teacher.
SECTION 2. Section 21.106(b), Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.