85R44 CAE-D     By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 478       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a requirement that a school district or open-enrollment   charter school terminate certain employees convicted of certain   offenses.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 21.058(c), (c-1), and (c-2), Education   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (c)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school   that receives notice under Subsection (b) of the revocation of a   certificate issued under this subchapter shall:                (1)  immediately remove the person whose certificate   has been revoked from campus or from an administrative office, as   applicable, to prevent the person from having any contact with a   student; and                (2)  if the person is employed under a probationary,   continuing, or term contract under this chapter, on the action of   the board of trustees or governing body or a designee of the board   or governing body:                      (A)  suspend the person without pay;                      (B)  provide the person with written notice that   the person's contract is void as provided by Subsection (c-2); and                      (C)  terminate the employment of the person as   soon as practicable.          (c-1)  If a school district or open-enrollment charter   school becomes aware that a person employed by the district or   school under a probationary, continuing, or term contract under   this chapter has been convicted of or received deferred   adjudication for a felony offense, and the person is not subject to   Subsection (c), the district or school may, on the action of the   board of trustees or governing body or a designee of the board or   governing body:                (1)  suspend the person without pay;                (2)  provide the person with written notice that the   person's contract is void as provided by Subsection (c-2); and                (3)  terminate the employment of the person as soon as   practicable.          (c-2)  A person's probationary, continuing, or term contract   is void if, on the action of the board of trustees or governing body   or a designee of the board or governing body, the school district or   open-enrollment charter school takes action under Subsection   (c)(2)(B) or (c-1)(2).          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.