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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of school districts to suspend teachers |
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without pay pending discharge. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.104(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) In lieu of discharge or pending discharge, a school |
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district may suspend a teacher without pay for good cause as |
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specified by Subsection (a) for a period not to extend beyond the |
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end of the current school year. |
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SECTION 2. Section 21.156(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) In lieu of discharge or pending discharge, a school |
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district may suspend a teacher without pay for good cause as |
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specified by Subsection (a) for a period not to extend beyond the |
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end of the current school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |