89R479 JTZ-D     By: Leo Wilson H.B. No. 610       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 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 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 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 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 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.