Bill Text: TX HB51 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | 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) 2011-06-07 - Referred to Public Education [HB51 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB51-Introduced.html
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| By: Weber | H.B. No. 51 | |
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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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
