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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition and leadership of the governing board |
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of the Texas School for the Deaf. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 30.052, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (a-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The Texas School for the Deaf is governed by an |
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11-member [a nine-member] board appointed by the governor in |
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accordance with this section and confirmed by the senate. A person |
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may not serve simultaneously on the school's governing board and |
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the board of the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. |
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Except for the two public members appointed under Subdivision (4), |
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each [Each] member of the board must be a person who is experienced |
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in working with persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, a person |
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who is the parent of a person who is deaf, or a person who is deaf. |
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The board, at least six [five] of whom must be deaf, consists of: |
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(1) at least one person who is an alumnus of the Texas |
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School for the Deaf; |
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(2) at least three persons who are parents of a deaf |
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person; [and] |
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(3) at least three persons who are experienced in |
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working with deaf persons; and |
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(4) two public members. |
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(a-1) The governor shall appoint the presiding officer and |
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deputy presiding officer from among the membership of the board. |
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(b) Members of the board serve for terms of six years, with |
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the terms of either three or four members expiring on January 31 of |
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each odd-numbered year. |
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SECTION 2. Promptly after this Act takes effect, the |
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governor shall appoint two public members to the governing board of |
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the Texas School for the Deaf in accordance with Section 30.052(a), |
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Education Code, as amended by this Act. In appointing those |
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members, the governor shall appoint one person to a term expiring |
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January 31, 2025, and one to a term expiring January 31, 2027. |
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SECTION 3. Section 30.052(a-1), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to the appointment of a presiding officer and |
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deputy presiding officer of the governing board of the Texas School |
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for the Deaf for a term that begins on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |