82S10097 GCB-D
 
  By: Shelton H.B. No. 21
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the reduction in force of teachers employed by a school
  district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 21.157, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 21.157.  NECESSARY REDUCTION OF PERSONNEL. A teacher
  employed under a continuing contract may be released at the end of a
  school year and the teacher's employment with the school district
  terminated at that time because of a necessary reduction of
  personnel by the school district[, with those reductions made in
  the reverse order of seniority in the specific teaching fields].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
  last day of the legislative session.