By Greenberg, Ogden, et al. H.B. No. 95
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 95:
By Hunter of Taylor C.S.H.B. No. 95
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the representation of college and university students
1-3 on the governing boards of their university systems.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 3, Education Code, is amended
1-6 by adding Chapter 63 to read as follows:
1-7 CHAPTER 63. STUDENT REPRESENTATION ON
1-8 GOVERNING BOARDS
1-9 SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1-10 Sec. 63.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
1-11 (1) "Member school" means a general academic teaching
1-12 institution or a medical and dental unit, as those terms are
1-13 defined by Section 61.003 of this code.
1-14 (2) "University system" has the meaning assigned by
1-15 Section 61.003(10) of this code.
1-16 (3) "Governing board" or "board" has the meaning
1-17 assigned by Section 61.003(9) of this code.
1-18 (Sections 63.02-63.10 reserved for expansion
1-19 SUBCHAPTER B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
1-20 Sec. 63.11. ADVISORY STUDENT LIAISON. If the students of
1-21 any member school choose to participate in the program under this
1-22 chapter, the governing board of each university system shall
1-23 include a nonvoting advisory student liaison, selected as provided
1-24 by this subchapter.
2-1 Sec. 63.12. QUALIFICATIONS; TERMS. The advisory student
2-2 liaison nominee must be a qualified voter. The advisory student
2-3 liaison serves for a term of one year, beginning on September 1.
2-4 Sec. 63.13. SCHOOLS LACKING STUDENT GOVERNMENT. At member
2-5 schools lacking student government, any duty assigned by this
2-6 chapter to the student government shall be performed by the general
2-7 student population through referendum.
2-8 Sec. 63.14. OPTIONAL PARTICIPATION. No member school shall
2-9 participate in the program under this chapter unless the students
2-10 of the member school choose to participate through their student
2-11 government. The student government of a member school may remove
2-12 the school from program participation.
2-13 Sec. 63.15. NOMINATION AND SELECTION IN MULTISCHOOL SYSTEMS.
2-14 (a) The student government of each member school of a university
2-15 system consisting of more than one member school shall select
2-16 representatives to sit on the system's student advisory council
2-17 under Section 63.31 of this code. The entire membership of the
2-18 council shall then nominate three members for the position of
2-19 advisory student liaison. The nominations shall be forwarded to
2-20 the governor not later than June 1 of each year.
2-21 (b) The advisory student liaison for each university system
2-22 consisting of more than one member school shall be selected by the
2-23 governor from a list composed of the nominations from the student
2-24 advisory council. The selections shall be announced by the
2-25 governor not later than August 1 of each year.
2-26 Sec. 63.16. NOMINATION AND SELECTION IN SINGLE-SCHOOL
2-27 SYSTEMS. (a) The student government of a member school in a
3-1 university system consisting of only one member school shall
3-2 nominate three students for the position of advisory student
3-3 liaison. One of the nominees may be that school's student
3-4 government president. The nominations shall be forwarded to the
3-5 governor not later than June 1 of each year.
3-6 (b) The advisory student liaison for each single-school
3-7 university system shall be selected by the governor from a list
3-8 composed of the nominations of the member school. The selections
3-9 shall be announced by the governor not later than August 1 of each
3-10 year.
3-11 Sec. 63.17. CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT. The secretary of
3-12 state shall forward a certificate to the advisory student liaison
3-13 for each university system within 10 days after the appointment,
3-14 notifying the student of the appointment. If any person so
3-15 appointed and notified fails for 10 days to give notice to the
3-16 governor of acceptance, the appointment is void and the place shall
3-17 be filled from the remaining students on the nomination list.
3-18 Sec. 63.18. EXPENSES OF ADVISORY STUDENT LIAISON. An
3-19 advisory student liaison of each university system serves without
3-20 compensation, and any costs incurred shall be paid by the student
3-21 regent or from revenue collected from the student services fee.
3-22 (Sections 63.19-63.20 reserved for expansion
3-23 SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES OF ADVISORY STUDENT LIAISON
3-24 Sec. 63.21. NONVOTING LIAISON TO THE BOARD. (a) The
3-25 advisory student liaison shall represent the interests of
3-26 university system students and provide insight to the board as to
3-27 the perspective of system students.
4-1 (b) An advisory student liaison has the same rights as any
4-2 board member to voice opinions, to make recommendations, or to
4-3 participate in all board meetings, except that an advisory student
4-4 liaison is not entitled to vote on any matter before the board. An
4-5 advisory student liaison may not be included in an executive
4-6 meeting of the board.
4-7 Sec. 63.22. ATTENDANCE ON BOARD MEETINGS. An advisory
4-8 student liaison shall attend each meeting of the governing board.
4-9 Failure to attend two consecutive board meetings voids the
4-10 appointment of the advisory student liaison. The student's place
4-11 shall be filled from the remaining student advisory council
4-12 members.
4-13 (Sections 63.23-63.30 reserved for expansion
4-14 SUBCHAPTER D. SYSTEM STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL
4-15 Sec. 63.31. SYSTEM STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL. Each member
4-16 school of a university system consisting of more than one member
4-17 school shall be represented on a system student advisory council.
4-18 The student advisory council shall consist of two student
4-19 representatives from each member school, and institutions with
4-20 doctoral programs may send a third representative. One of the
4-21 representatives from a member school may be that school's student
4-22 government president. The member school's representatives to the
4-23 student advisory council shall be chosen not later than April 1 of
4-24 each year.
4-25 Sec. 63.32. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL. The system
4-26 advisory council shall meet on a schedule to be determined by the
4-27 council members to ensure that the advisory student liaison is
5-1 aware of the concerns of the students of each member school. The
5-2 council shall meet before June 1 of each year to select the student
5-3 advisory liaison nominees to be presented to the governor. The
5-4 council shall meet at least once before the first governing board
5-5 meeting of each year following the certification of and acceptance
5-6 by the advisory student liaison.
5-7 Sec. 63.33. CHAIRMAN OF THE SYSTEM ADVISORY COUNCIL. The
5-8 system advisory council for each university system shall be chaired
5-9 by the advisory student liaison for that university system.
5-10 Sec. 63.34. ATTENDANCE AT SYSTEM ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
5-11 Each advisory council member shall attend each meeting of the
5-12 council. Failure to attend two consecutive council meetings voids
5-13 the membership of the absent member, and the place shall be filled
5-14 by nomination of the member school under Section 63.15(a) of this
5-15 code. If the absent member is the advisory student liaison, the
5-16 member's position as advisory student liaison is also forfeited and
5-17 shall be filled from the remaining council members, subject to the
5-18 restrictions under Subchapter B of this chapter.
5-19 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
5-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
5-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
5-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
5-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
5-24 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
5-25 passage, and it is so enacted.