Bill Text: TX SB722 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting a severance payment to a superintendent of a school district in certain circumstances.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-17 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB722 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB722-Comm_Sub.html
86R33658 CAE-D | ||
By: Campbell, et al. | S.B. No. 722 | |
(Huberty) | ||
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 722: No. |
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relating to prohibiting a severance payment to a superintendent of | ||
a school district in certain circumstances. | ||
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. |