Bill Text: TX HB3888 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the resignation of a public school teacher employed under a term contract.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Left pending in committee [HB3888 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB3888-Introduced.html

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87R10723 MEW-F
By: Morales Shaw H.B. No. 3888

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the resignation of a public school teacher employed
under a term contract.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.210(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) A teacher employed under a term contract may resign:
(1) [,] with the consent of the board of trustees or
the board's designee, at any other time; or
(2) at any time during which a state of emergency or
state of disaster has been declared by the governor or the president
of the United States or a pandemic has been declared by the World
Health Organization:
(A) for the geographic area in which the school
district that employs the teacher is located; or
(B) that may reasonably be anticipated to impact
or jeopardize the teacher's health or well-being.
SECTION 2. 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, 2021.