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Amend SB 777 as follows:                                                     
	(1)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Section 
11.1511(b)(13), Education Code (committee printing, page 2, line 
17), strike "and".
	(2)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, between added Subdivisions 
(13) and (14), Section 11.1511(b), Education Code (committee 
printing, page 2, between lines 17 and 18), insert the following new 
subdivision and renumber the subsequent subdivision accordingly:
		(14)  make decisions relating to terminating the 
employment of district employees employed under a contract, 
including terminating or declining to renew an employment contract; 
and
	(3)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, strike amended and 
redesignated Section 11.163(a), Education Code (committee 
printing, page 2, line 57, through page 3, line 1), and substitute 
the following:
	(a)  The board of trustees of each independent school 
district shall adopt a policy providing for the employment and 
duties of district personnel.  The employment policy must provide 
that:
		(1)  the board employs and evaluates the 
superintendent;             
		(2)  the superintendent has sole authority to make 
recommendations to the board regarding the selection of all 
personnel other than the superintendent, except that the board may 
delegate final authority for those decisions to the superintendent; 
[and]
		(3)  the board has final decision-making authority 
regarding terminating the employment of district personnel, 
including the superintendent, including terminating or declining 
to renew an employment contract under Chapter 21, except to the 
extent that the board has delegated the final authority for those 
decisions to the superintendent with respect to district personnel 
who are not employed under a contract; and
		(4) [(2)]  each principal must approve each teacher or 
staff appointment to the principal's campus as provided by Section 
11.202.