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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice required for termination of a teacher's |
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probationary contract or nonrenewal of a teacher's term contract. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.103(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The board of trustees of a school district may terminate |
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the employment of a teacher employed under a probationary contract |
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at the end of the contract period if in the board's judgment the |
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best interests of the district will be served by terminating the |
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employment. The board of trustees must give notice of its decision |
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to terminate the employment to the teacher not later than the 15th |
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[45th] day before the last day of instruction required under the |
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contract. The notice must be delivered personally to the teacher or |
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mailed by prepaid certified mail to the teacher's address of record |
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with the district. Notice that is mailed in accordance with this |
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subsection is considered given at the time of mailing. The board's |
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decision is final and may not be appealed. |
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SECTION 2. Section 21.206(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Not later than the 15th [45th] day before the last day of |
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instruction in a school year, the board of trustees shall notify in |
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writing each teacher whose contract is about to expire whether the |
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board proposes to renew or not renew the contract. The notice must |
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be delivered personally to the teacher or mailed by prepaid |
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certified mail to the teacher's address of record with the |
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district. Notice that is mailed in accordance with this subsection |
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is considered given at the time of mailing. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by Sections 21.103 and |
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21.206, Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies beginning |
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with contracts for the 2012-2013 school year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |