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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a classroom teacher's right to appeal to the |
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commissioner of education regarding the teacher's designation |
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under a local optional teacher designation system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.3521, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows: |
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(f-1) A classroom teacher may appeal to the commissioner if, |
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based on the teacher's performance, the teacher believes that but |
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for the school district's, open-enrollment charter school's, or |
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agency's error the teacher would have earned a specific designation |
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and the teacher: |
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(1) fails to earn any designation; or |
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(2) is issued a designation other than that |
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designation. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2025. |