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House Bill 1206 |
House Author: Guillen |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Zaffirini |
House Bill 1206 amends the Education Code to require each member of a governing board of an institution of higher education to attend at least one training program for members of such governing boards during the member's first two years of service on the governing board regardless of whether that board's membership is appointed or elected by removing provisions that made such training mandatory only for members of appointed boards. The bill requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to provide an equivalent training program by electronic means if a governing board member is unable to attend as required.
The bill requires topics covered by the training program for members of a public junior college district to include information about best practices in campus financial management, financial ratio analysis, and case studies using financial indicators, in addition to the content of the instruction generally required at a board member training program, and requires the minutes of the last regular meeting held by a governing board of a public junior college district during a calendar year to reflect whether each board member has completed any training required to be completed by the member as of the meeting date.