TITLE: Relating to the deadline for providing notice to public school teachers regarding renewal or nonrenewal of term contracts and termination of probationary contracts.

SUMMARY: Relating to the deadline for providing notice to public school teachers regarding renewal or nonrenewal of term contracts and termination of probationary contracts.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the deadline for providing notice to public school teachers regarding renewal or nonrenewal of term contracts and termination of probationary contracts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 21.103(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The board of trustees of a school district may terminate the employment of a teacher employed under a probationary contract at the end of the contract period if in the board's judgment the best interests of the district will be served by terminating the employment. The board of trustees must give notice of its decision to terminate the employment to the teacher not later than the 10th [45th] day before the last day of instruction required under the contract. The board's decision is final and may not be appealed. SECTION 2. Section 21.206(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Not later than the 10th [45th] day before the last day of instruction in a school year, the board of trustees shall notify in writing each teacher whose contract is about to expire whether the board proposes to renew or not renew the contract. SECTION 3. This Act supersedes any provision in a local policy of a board of trustees of a school district requiring the district to give notice to a teacher earlier than required under Section 21.103(a) or 21.206(a), Education Code, as amended by this Act. SECTION 4. If this Act takes effect on or before April 13, 2011, the change in law made by this Act applies beginning with contracts for the 2011-2012 school year.