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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the reduction in force of teachers employed by a school |
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district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.157, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.157. NECESSARY REDUCTION OF PERSONNEL. A teacher |
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employed under a continuing contract may be released at the end of a |
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school year and the teacher's employment with the school district |
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terminated at that time because of a necessary reduction of |
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personnel by the school district[, with those reductions made in
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the reverse order of seniority in the specific teaching fields]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |