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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the deadline for providing notice to public school |
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teachers regarding renewal or nonrenewal of term contracts and |
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termination of probationary contracts. |
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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 10th |
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[45th] day before the last day of instruction required under the |
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contract. The board's 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 10th [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. |
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SECTION 3. This Act supersedes any provision in a local |
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policy of a board of trustees of a school district requiring the |
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district to give notice to a teacher earlier than required under |
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Section 21.103(a) or 21.206(a), Education Code, as amended by this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 4. If this Act takes effect on or before April 13, |
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2011, the change in law made by this Act applies beginning with |
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contracts for the 2011-2012 school year. If this Act takes effect |
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after April 13, 2011, the change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with contracts for the 2012-2013 school year. |
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SECTION 5. 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. |