TITLE: Relating to employment of persons by open-enrollment charter schools.

SUMMARY: Relating to employment of persons by open-enrollment charter schools.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to employment of persons by open-enrollment charter schools. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 12.120, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), subject to Section 12.1059, an open-enrollment charter school may employ a person: (1) as a teacher or educational aide if: (A) a school district could employ the person as a teacher or educational aide; or (B) a school district could employ the person as a teacher or educational aide if the person held the appropriate certificate issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and the person has never held a certificate issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21; or (2) in a position other than a position described by Subdivision (1) if a school district could employ the person in that position. SECTION 2. 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.