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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of termination of a teacher's contract given by a |
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board of trustees of a school district. |
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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 45th |
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[10th] day before the last day of instruction required under the |
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contract. The notice must be delivered personally by hand delivery |
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to the teacher on the campus at which the teacher is employed, |
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except that if the teacher is not present on the campus on the date |
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that hand delivery is attempted, the notice must be mailed by |
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prepaid certified mail or delivered by express delivery service to |
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the teacher's address of record with the district. Notice that is |
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postmarked on or before the 45th [10th] day before the last day of |
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instruction is considered timely given under this subsection. The |
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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 45th [10th] 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. The notice must |
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be delivered personally by hand delivery to the teacher on the |
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campus at which the teacher is employed, except that if the teacher |
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is not present on the campus on the date that hand delivery is |
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attempted, the notice must be mailed by prepaid certified mail or |
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delivered by express delivery service to the teacher's address of |
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record with the district. Notice that is postmarked on or before |
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the 45th [10th] day before the last day of instruction is considered |
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timely given under this subsection. |
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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, 2013. |