TITLE: Relating to employment by school districts of certain persons under probationary contracts.

SUMMARY: Relating to employment by school districts of certain persons under probationary contracts.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to employment by school districts of certain persons under probationary contracts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 21.102, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: (a-1) A person who voluntarily accepts an assignment in a new professional capacity that requires a different class of certificate under Subchapter Bthan the class of certificate held by the person in the professional capacity in which the person was previously employed may be employed under a probationary contract. This subsection does not apply to a person who is returned by a school district to a professional capacity in which the person was employed by the district before the district employed the person in the new professional capacity as described by this subsection. A person described by this subsection who is returned to a previous professional capacity is entitled to be employed in the original professional capacity under the same contractual status as the status held by the person during the previous employment by the district in that capacity. 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.