Bill Text: TX HB769 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the termination of the contract of a superintendent of a school district based on malfeasance.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-20 - Placed on intent calendar [HB769 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB769-Comm_Sub.html
By: Davis of Harris, Bell of Kaufman, Calanni | H.B. No. 769 | |
(Senate Sponsor - Campbell, Hall) | ||
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2019; | ||
May 13, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Education; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the termination of the contract of a superintendent of a | ||
school district based on malfeasance. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.201(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) For purposes of this subsection, "severance payment" | ||
means any amount paid by the board of trustees of an independent | ||
school district to or in behalf of a superintendent on early | ||
termination of the superintendent's contract that exceeds the | ||
amount earned by the superintendent under the contract as of the | ||
date of termination, including any amount that exceeds the amount | ||
of earned standard salary and benefits that is paid as a condition | ||
of early termination of the contract. The board of trustees that | ||
makes a severance payment to a superintendent shall report the | ||
terms of the severance payment to the commissioner. The | ||
commissioner shall reduce the district's Foundation School Program | ||
funds by any amount that the amount of the severance payment to the | ||
superintendent exceeds an amount equal to one year's salary and | ||
benefits under the superintendent's terminated contract. The board | ||
of trustees may not make any severance payment if the | ||
superintendent's contract was terminated for cause under Section | ||
21.211 or not renewed for cause or if the superintendent resigned in | ||
lieu of termination or nonrenewal for cause. The commissioner may | ||
adopt rules as necessary to administer this subsection. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
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