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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the resignation or termination or nonrenewal of the |
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contract of a superintendent 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. Subchapter E, Chapter 11, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 11.2011 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.2011. SUPERINTENDENT RESIGNATION OR TERMINATION OR |
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NONRENEWAL OF CONTRACT. (a) If the superintendent of a school |
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district leaves the employment of the district by resignation or by |
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the termination or nonrenewal of a contract, the school district |
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shall: |
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(1) post on the school district's Internet website, if |
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any: |
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(A) a notice of the resignation, termination, or |
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nonrenewal that includes any grounds for the resignation, |
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termination, or nonrenewal; and |
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(B) a copy of any agreement related to the |
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resignation, termination, or nonrenewal entered into between the |
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superintendent and the school district; and |
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(2) report the information required by Subdivision (1) |
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to the agency. |
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(b) The agency shall post the information sent to the agency |
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under Subsection (a)(2) on the agency's Internet website. |
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(c) A contract or agreement between a school district and a |
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superintendent may not include: |
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(1) a confidentiality provision regarding the |
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resignation, termination, or nonrenewal or a resignation, |
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termination, or nonrenewal agreement or the grounds for |
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resignation, termination, or nonrenewal; or |
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(2) a provision prohibiting the district or agency |
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from posting the information required by Subsection (a)(1) on the |
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district's or agency's Internet website. |
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(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of |
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this section, this Act applies only to a resignation, termination, |
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or nonrenewal that occurs on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A resignation, termination, or nonrenewal that occurred |
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before that date is governed by the law as it existed at the time the |
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resignation, termination, or nonrenewal occurred, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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(b) If a superintendent resigns or the superintendent's |
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contract is terminated or not renewed on or after the effective date |
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of this Act and the superintendent was, on the date of resignation, |
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termination, or nonrenewal, subject to an employment contract that |
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contains provisions that conflict with Section 11.2011, Education |
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Code, as added by this Act, the provisions of the employment |
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contract control to the extent of conflict during the term of that |
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contract. |
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(c) Section 11.2011(c), Education Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to an employment contract that is entered into or |
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renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. An employment |
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contract entered into or renewed before that date is governed by the |
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law as it existed at the time the employment contract was entered |
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into or renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |