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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to employment by school districts of certain persons under |
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probationary contracts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.102, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Section 21.202(b), the following |
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persons shall be employed under a probationary contract: |
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(1) a person who is employed as a teacher by a school |
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district for the first time; |
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(2) a person[, or] who has not been employed by the |
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district for two consecutive school years subsequent to August 28, |
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1967; and |
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(3) a person who is employed in a new professional |
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capacity that requires a different class of certificate under |
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Subchapter B than the class of certificate held by the person in the |
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professional capacity in which the person was previously employed[,
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shall be employed under a probationary contract]. |
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(a-1) Subsection (a)(3) does not apply to a person who is |
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returned by a school district to a professional capacity in which |
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the person was employed by the district before the district |
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employed the person in the new professional capacity as described |
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by that subdivision. A person described by this subsection is |
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entitled to be employed in the original professional capacity |
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under the same contractual status as the status held by the person |
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during the previous employment by the district in that capacity. |
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(a-2) A person who previously was employed as a teacher by a |
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district and, after at least a two-year lapse in district |
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employment returns to district employment, may be employed under a |
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probationary contract. |
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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. |