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By: Canales (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) |
H.B. No. 189 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021; |
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May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Education; May 14, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 14, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a severance payment to a superintendent or |
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administrator serving as educational leader and chief executive |
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officer of an open-enrollment charter school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.104, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-4) to read as follows: |
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(b-4) Section 11.201(c) applies to an open-enrollment |
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charter school as though the governing body of the school were the |
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board of trustees of a school district and to the superintendent or, |
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as applicable, the administrator serving as educational leader and |
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chief executive officer of the school as though that person were the |
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superintendent of a school district. |
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SECTION 2. Section 12.104(b-4), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a severance payment made by the governing |
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body of an open-enrollment charter school to a superintendent or |
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administrator serving as educational leader and chief executive |
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officer of the school under an agreement entered into on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A severance payment made by the |
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governing body of an open-enrollment charter school to a |
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superintendent or administrator serving as educational leader and |
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chief executive officer of the school under an agreement entered |
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into before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect at the time the agreement was made, and that law is continued |
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in effect for that purpose. |
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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, 2021. |
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