Enrolled Bill Summary

            When the 74th Legislature rewrote Titles 1 and 2 of the Education Code in 1995, it included a provision that abolished the 20 regional education service centers, effective August 31, 1997. Senate Bill 1158 repeals that provision and amends various code provisions relating to those centers, center staff, and certain responsibilities of the centers and their boards. It also transfers the responsibility for the establishment and operation of regional education service centers, and the attendant rulemaking authority, from the State Board of Education to the commissioner of education and allows the commissioner to establish standards for accountability and evaluation, to determine the number, location, and boundaries of centers, and to allocate funds among the centers.

            Except for changes in allotted funding for centers, which provision takes effect September 1, 1997, this act takes effect May 26, 1997.