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Senate Bill 1566 |
Senate Author: Kolkhorst |
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Effective: 9-1-17 |
House Sponsor: King, Ken |
Senate Bill 1566 provides for the abolishment of each county board of education, board of county school trustees, and office of county school superintendent in Dallas County effective November 15, 2017, unless the continuation of the county board of education, board of county school trustees, and office of county school superintendent is approved by a majority of voters at an election held on the November 2017 uniform election date in Dallas County. The bill provides for the dissolution of each such board if that abolishment takes effect.
Senate Bill 1566 amends the Education Code to subject a county board of education and office of county school superintendent in Dallas County to Texas Education Agency oversight of school districts. The bill revises and expands the scope of provisions establishing the powers and duties of the board of trustees of an independent school district. The bill, among other provisions, provides for the development of a board improvement and evaluation tool, sets out additional requirements for district dropout prevention strategies, authorizes a board to establish before-school and after-school programs for students, provides for the transportation or storage of a firearm and ammunition by a handgun license holder in a school parking area, and revises the grace period policy for exhausted or insufficient meal card of account balances.