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AN ACT
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relating to employment of persons by open-enrollment charter |
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schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.120, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), subject to Section |
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12.1059, an open-enrollment charter school may employ a person: |
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(1) as a teacher or educational aide if: |
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(A) a school district could employ the person as |
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a teacher or educational aide; or |
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(B) a school district could employ the person as |
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a teacher or educational aide if the person held the appropriate |
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certificate issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and the person |
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has never held a certificate issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21; |
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or |
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(2) in a position other than a position described by |
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Subdivision (1) if a school district could employ the person in that |
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position. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 647 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 647 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |