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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to termination of a public school teacher's term contract |
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and discharge of the teacher at any time on the basis of a school |
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district's financial exigency. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.211, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) To terminate a term contract and discharge a teacher |
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for a financial exigency under Subsection (a)(2), the board of |
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trustees of a school district must adopt a resolution declaring the |
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financial exigency and provide written notice of the declaration to |
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the commissioner. The declaration expires at the end of the fiscal |
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year during which the declaration is made unless the board adopts a |
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resolution before the end of the fiscal year declaring continuation |
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of the financial exigency for the following fiscal year and |
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provides written notice of that declaration to the commissioner. |
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The board is not limited in the number of times the board may adopt a |
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resolution declaring continuation of the financial exigency. Each |
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time the board adopts a resolution under this subsection, the board |
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must notify the commissioner. The commissioner by rule shall |
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prescribe the time and manner in which notice must be given to the |
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commissioner under this subsection. |
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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, 2011. |