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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to effects of a decision not to retain an educator at a |
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reconstituted public school campus on the educator's employment |
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status. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.1324(b), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The campus intervention team shall decide which |
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educators may be retained at that campus. A principal who has been |
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employed by the campus in that capacity during the full two-year |
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period described by Subsection (a) may not be retained at that |
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campus. A teacher of a subject assessed by an assessment instrument |
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under Section 39.023 may be retained only if the campus |
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intervention team determines that a pattern exists of significant |
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academic improvement by students taught by the teacher. If an |
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educator is not retained, the educator may be assigned to another |
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position in the district. The fact that an educator is not retained |
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under this subsection does not constitute good cause under Chapter |
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21 for suspension of the educator without pay, nonrenewal or |
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termination of the educator's contract, or discharge of the |
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educator. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |