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

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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

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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.