Tex. Education Code § 21.251
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 21.251, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 21.251. APPLICABILITY.
Official statutory text
(a) This subchapter applies if a teacher requests a hearing after receiving notice of the proposed decision to:
(1) terminate the teacher's continuing contract at any time, except as provided by Subsection (b)(3);
(2) terminate the teacher's probationary or term contract before the end of the contract period, except as provided by Subsection (b)(3); or
(3) suspend the teacher without pay.
(b) This subchapter does not apply to:
(1) a decision to terminate a teacher's employment at the end of a probationary contract;
(2) a decision not to renew a teacher's term contract, unless the board of trustees of the employing district has decided to use the process prescribed by this subchapter for that purpose; or
(3) a decision, on the basis of a financial exigency declared under Section 44.011 that requires a reduction in personnel, to terminate a probationary or term contract before the end of the contract period or to terminate a continuing contract at any time, unless the board of trustees has decided to use the process prescribed by this subchapter for that purpose.
(1) terminate the teacher's continuing contract at any time, except as provided by Subsection (b)(3);
(2) terminate the teacher's probationary or term contract before the end of the contract period, except as provided by Subsection (b)(3); or
(3) suspend the teacher without pay.
(b) This subchapter does not apply to:
(1) a decision to terminate a teacher's employment at the end of a probationary contract;
(2) a decision not to renew a teacher's term contract, unless the board of trustees of the employing district has decided to use the process prescribed by this subchapter for that purpose; or
(3) a decision, on the basis of a financial exigency declared under Section 44.011 that requires a reduction in personnel, to terminate a probationary or term contract before the end of the contract period or to terminate a continuing contract at any time, unless the board of trustees has decided to use the process prescribed by this subchapter for that purpose.
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