By: Leo Wilson, Bumgarner, Capriglione, H.B. No. 610       Canales, et al.     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a severance payment to a superintendent of a school   district.          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 or a board of managers appointed under Chapter 39A    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 or board of managers, as   applicable, may not make a severance payment to a superintendent in   an amount greater than six months' salary and benefits under the   superintendent's terminated contract. The board of trustees or   board of managers, as applicable, 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   six months' [one year's] salary and benefits under the   superintendent's terminated contract. The commissioner may adopt   rules as necessary to administer this subsection.          SECTION 2.  Section 11.201(c), Education Code, as amended by   this Act, applies only to a severance payment made by the board of   trustees of an independent school district or board of managers   appointed under Chapter 39A, Education Code, to a superintendent   under an agreement entered into on or after the effective date of   this Act. A severance payment made by the board of trustees of an   independent school district or board of managers appointed under   Chapter 39A, Education Code, to a superintendent under an agreement   entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed by   the law in effect at the time the agreement was made, and that law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.