85R13204 MEW-D
 
  By: Reynolds H.B. No. 3213
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the review by a school district board of trustees of a
  hearing examiner's determination regarding good cause to suspend a
  teacher without pay or terminate the teacher's contract.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 21.259(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The board of trustees or board subcommittee may adopt,
  reject, or change the hearing examiner's:
               (1)  conclusions of law [, including a determination
  regarding good cause for suspension without pay or termination]; or
               (2)  proposal for granting relief.
         SECTION 2.  Section 21.257(a-1), Education Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a hearing before a hearing examiner held on or after the effective
  date of this Act.  A hearing before a hearing examiner held before
  the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
  the date of the hearing, and the former law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.