Bill Text: TX HB57 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 57 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the review by a school district board of trustees of a hearing examiner's determination regarding good cause to suspend a teacher without pay or terminate the teacher's contract.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-09 - Referred to Public Education [HB57 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB57-Introduced.html

	84R1863 MEW-D

	By: González	H.B. No. 57



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the review by a school district board of trustees of a
	hearing examiner's determination regarding good cause to suspend a
	teacher without pay or terminate the teacher's contract.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 21.259(b), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(b) The board of trustees or board subcommittee may adopt,
	reject, or change the hearing examiner's:
	(1) conclusions of law [~~, including a determination~~
	~~regarding good cause for suspension without pay or termination~~]; or
	(2) proposal for granting relief.
	SECTION 2. Section 21.257(a-1), Education Code, is
	repealed.
	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	a hearing before a hearing examiner held on or after the effective
	date of this Act. A hearing before a hearing examiner held before
	the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
	the date of the hearing, and the former law is continued in effect
	for that purpose.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.