79R7409 SLO-F

By:  Williams                                                     S.B. No. 1488



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the discharge of teachers for good cause under a 
probationary contract in a public school.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 21.104(a), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  A teacher employed under a probationary contract may be 
discharged at any time for good cause as determined by the board of 
trustees, good cause being the failure to meet the generally
accepted standards of conduct for the profession [as generally 
recognized and applied in similarly situated school districts in 
this state].
	SECTION 2.  Section 21.104(a), Education Code, as amended by 
this Act, applies only to a discharge under a probation contract for 
which written notice of the proposed discharge is given to a teacher 
on or after September 1, 2005.  A discharge under a probation 
contract for which written notice of the proposed discharge is 
given to a teacher before September 1, 2005, is governed by the law 
in effect when the notice is given, and the former law is continued 
in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.