79R1991 PAM-D

By:  Van Arsdale                                                  H.B. No. 722



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to contract requirements for contracts entered into 
between superintendents and independent school districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 11.201(b), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(b)  The board of trustees of an independent school district 
may employ by contract a superintendent for a term not to exceed 
five years.  A superintendent's total annual compensation may not 
exceed six times the median annual teacher salary paid in the 
district.  A superintendent's contract may not provide for carrying 
forward accrued leave, including compensatory time off, vacation 
leave, or sick leave, from one fiscal year to the next.
	SECTION 2.  Section 22.003(a), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  A state minimum personal leave program consisting of 
five days per year personal leave with no limit on accumulation, 
except as provided by Section 11.201(b), and transferable among 
districts shall be provided for school district employees.  School 
districts may provide additional personal leave beyond this 
minimum.  The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a 
policy governing an employee's use of personal leave granted under 
this subsection, except that the policy may not restrict the 
purposes for which the leave may be used.
	SECTION 3.  Section 11.201(b), Education Code, as amended by 
this Act, applies only to a contract entered into between the board 
of trustees of an independent school district and a superintendent 
on or after the effective date of this Act.  A contract entered into 
between the board of trustees of an independent school district and 
a superintendent before the effective date of this Act is governed 
by the law in effect at the time the contract was entered into, and 
that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.