Bill Text: TX HB769 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 769 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the termination of the contract of a superintendent of a school district based on malfeasance.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-20 - Placed on intent calendar [HB769 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB769-Comm_Sub.html



	By: Davis of Harris, Bell of Kaufman, Calanni	H.B. No. 769
	(Senate Sponsor - Campbell, Hall)
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2019;
	May 13, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Education; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT

	relating to the termination of the contract of a superintendent of a
	school district based on malfeasance.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 11.201(c), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(c) For purposes of this subsection, "severance payment"
	means any amount paid by the board of trustees of an independent
	school district to or in behalf of a superintendent on early
	termination of the superintendent's contract that exceeds the
	amount earned by the superintendent under the contract as of the
	date of termination, including any amount that exceeds the amount
	of earned standard salary and benefits that is paid as a condition
	of early termination of the contract. The board of trustees that
	makes a severance payment to a superintendent shall report the
	terms of the severance payment to the commissioner. The
	commissioner shall reduce the district's Foundation School Program
	funds by any amount that the amount of the severance payment to the
	superintendent exceeds an amount equal to one year's salary and
	benefits under the superintendent's terminated contract. The board
	of trustees may not make any severance payment if the
	superintendent's contract was terminated for cause under Section
	21.211 or not renewed for cause or if the superintendent resigned in
	lieu of termination or nonrenewal for cause. The commissioner may
	adopt rules as necessary to administer this subsection.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

	* * * * *