Bill Text: TX HB2539 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of school districts to suspend teachers without pay pending discharge.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-22 - Left pending in committee [HB2539 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2539-Introduced.html
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By: Weber | H.B. No. 2539 |
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relating to the authority of school districts to suspend teachers | ||
without pay pending discharge. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.104(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) In lieu of discharge or pending discharge, a school | ||
district may suspend a teacher without pay for good cause as | ||
specified by Subsection (a) for a period not to extend beyond the | ||
end of the current school year. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 21.156(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) In lieu of discharge or pending discharge, a school | ||
district may suspend a teacher without pay for good cause as | ||
specified by Subsection (a) for a period not to extend beyond the | ||
end of the current school year. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |