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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of contract renewal or nonrenewal provided by a |
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school district to teachers employed under a term contract. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.206(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Not later than the seventh [45th] day after [before] the |
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last day of instruction in a school year, the board of trustees |
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shall notify in writing each teacher whose contract is about to |
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expire whether the board proposes to renew or not renew the |
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contract. The notice may be delivered personally to the teacher or |
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mailed by prepaid certified or registered mail to the teacher at the |
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teacher's address of record with the district. Notice that is |
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mailed within the time specified by this subsection is considered |
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timely for purposes of this section, regardless of the date the |
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notice is received by the teacher. |
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SECTION 2. If this Act takes effect on or before April 13, |
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2011, the change in law made by this Act applies beginning with |
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contracts for the 2011-2012 school year. If this Act takes effect |
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after April 13, 2011, the change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with contracts for the 2012-2013 school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |