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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to termination or suspension without pay of certain public |
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school district employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 22.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 22.008. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF EDUCATIONAL |
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SUPPORT EMPLOYEES. (a) In this section, "educational support |
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employee" means an employee of a school district who is not entitled |
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under Section 21.002 to be employed under a contract. |
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(b) A person who proposes to terminate the employment of or |
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suspend without pay an educational support employee must submit to |
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the superintendent written notice of the proposed action. The |
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notice must include a statement of the reasons for the proposed |
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action. |
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(c) On receipt of notice under Subsection (b), the |
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superintendent shall reject or approve the proposed action. If the |
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superintendent approves the proposed action, the superintendent or |
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the person proposing the action must present the employee with a |
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written copy of the notice. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |