Bill Text: TX HB21 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced

Texas House Bill 21 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the reduction in force of teachers employed by a school district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-27 - Postponed [HB21 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB21-Introduced.html

	82S10097 GCB-D

	By: Shelton	H.B. No. 21



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the reduction in force of teachers employed by a school
	district.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 21.157, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 21.157. NECESSARY REDUCTION OF PERSONNEL. A teacher
	employed under a continuing contract may be released at the end of a
	school year and the teacher's employment with the school district
	terminated at that time because of a necessary reduction of
	personnel by the school district[~~, with those reductions made in~~
	~~the reverse order of seniority in the specific teaching fields~~].
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
	last day of the legislative session.