Bill Text: TX SB564 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to school district employment policies regarding the notice required before filling certain vacant positions at the district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Education [SB564 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB564-Introduced.html
  87R558 GCB-D
 
  By: Gutierrez S.B. No. 564
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to school district employment policies regarding the
  notice required before filling certain vacant positions at the
  district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 11.1513(d) and (e), Education Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  The employment policy must provide that not later than
  the fifth [10th] school day before the date on which a district
  fills a vacant position for which a certificate or license is
  required as provided by Section 21.003, other than a position that
  affects the safety and security of students as determined by the
  board of trustees, the district must provide to each current
  district employee:
               (1)  notice of the position by posting the position on:
                     (A)  a bulletin board at:
                           (i)  a place convenient to the public in the
  district's central administrative office; and
                           (ii)  the central administrative office of
  each campus in the district during any time the office is open; or
                     (B)  the district's Internet website, if the
  district has a website; and
               (2)  a reasonable opportunity to apply for the
  position.
         (e)  If, during the school year, the district must fill a
  vacant position held by a teacher, as defined by Section 21.201, in
  less than five [10] school days, the district:
               (1)  must provide notice of the position in the manner
  described by Subsection (d)(1) as soon as possible after the
  vacancy occurs;
               (2)  is not required to provide the notice for five [10]
  school days before filling the position; and
               (3)  is not required to comply with Subsection (d)(2).
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
  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, 2021.
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