Bill Text: TX HB20 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to notice required for termination of a teacher's probationary contract or nonrenewal of a teacher's term contract.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-27 - Postponed [HB20 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB20-Introduced.html
82S10098 GCB-D | ||
By: Huberty | H.B. No. 20 |
|
||
|
||
relating to notice required for termination of a teacher's | ||
probationary contract or nonrenewal of a teacher's term contract. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.103(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The board of trustees of a school district may terminate | ||
the employment of a teacher employed under a probationary contract | ||
at the end of the contract period if in the board's judgment the | ||
best interests of the district will be served by terminating the | ||
employment. The board of trustees must give notice of its decision | ||
to terminate the employment to the teacher not later than the 15th | ||
[ |
||
contract. The notice must be delivered personally to the teacher or | ||
mailed by prepaid certified mail to the teacher's address of record | ||
with the district. Notice that is mailed in accordance with this | ||
subsection is considered given at the time of mailing. The board's | ||
decision is final and may not be appealed. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 21.206(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Not later than the 15th [ |
||
instruction in a school year, the board of trustees shall notify in | ||
writing each teacher whose contract is about to expire whether the | ||
board proposes to renew or not renew the contract. The notice must | ||
be delivered personally to the teacher or mailed by prepaid | ||
certified mail to the teacher's address of record with the | ||
district. Notice that is mailed in accordance with this subsection | ||
is considered given at the time of mailing. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by Sections 21.103 and | ||
21.206, Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies beginning | ||
with contracts for the 2012-2013 school year. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
last day of the legislative session. |