By: Greenberg H.B. No. 95
72S11941 CMB-F
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 any general academic
1-12 teaching institution as defined in Section 61.003(3) of this code.
1-13 (2) "University system" has the meaning assigned by
1-14 Section 61.003(10) of this code.
1-15 (3) "Governing board" or "board" has the meaning
1-16 assigned by Section 61.003(9) of this code.
1-17 (Sections 63.02-63.10 reserved for expansion
1-18 SUBCHAPTER B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
1-19 Sec. 63.11. ADVISORY STUDENT REGENT. If the students of any
1-20 member school choose to participate in the program set forth in
1-21 this chapter, the governing board of each university system shall
1-22 include a nonvoting advisory student regent, selected as set forth
1-23 in this subchapter.
1-24 Sec. 63.12. QUALIFICATIONS; TERMS. The advisory student
2-1 regent nominee must be a qualified voter. The advisory student
2-2 regent serves for a term of one year, beginning on September 1.
2-3 Sec. 63.13. SCHOOLS LACKING STUDENT GOVERNMENT. At member
2-4 schools lacking student government, any duty assigned by this
2-5 chapter to the student government shall be performed by the general
2-6 student population through referendum.
2-7 Sec. 63.14. OPTIONAL PARTICIPATION. No member school shall
2-8 participate in the program set forth in this chapter unless the
2-9 students of the member school choose to participate through their
2-10 student government. A member school may remove itself from program
2-11 participation.
2-12 Sec. 63.15. NOMINATION AND SELECTION IN MULTISCHOOL SYSTEMS.
2-13 (a) The student government of each member school of a university
2-14 system consisting of more than one member school shall nominate a
2-15 student for the position of advisory student regent. The
2-16 nomination shall be forwarded to the governor no later than June 1
2-17 of each year.
2-18 (b) The advisory student regent for each university system
2-19 consisting of more than one member school shall be selected by the
2-20 governor from a list composed of the nominations of each member
2-21 school. The selections shall be announced by the governor no later
2-22 than August 1 of each year.
2-23 (c) The university system's advisory student regent may not
2-24 be selected from the same member school for two consecutive years.
2-25 Sec. 63.16. NOMINATION AND SELECTION IN SINGLE-SCHOOL
2-26 SYSTEMS. (a) The student government of a member school in a
2-27 university system consisting of only one member school shall
3-1 nominate three students for the position of advisory student
3-2 regent. The nominations shall be forwarded to the governor no
3-3 later than June 1 of each year.
3-4 (b) The advisory student regent for each single-school
3-5 university system shall be selected by the governor from a list
3-6 composed of the nominations of the member school. The selections
3-7 shall be announced by the governor no later than August 1 of each
3-8 year.
3-9 Sec. 63.17. CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT. The secretary of
3-10 state shall forward a certificate to the advisory student regent
3-11 for each university system within 10 days after the appointment,
3-12 notifying the student of the fact of the appointment. If any
3-13 person so appointed and notified fails for 10 days to give notice
3-14 to the governor of acceptance, the appointment shall be deemed void
3-15 and the place filled from the remaining students on the nomination
3-16 list.
3-17 Sec. 63.18. EXPENSES OF ADVISORY STUDENT REGENT. An
3-18 advisory student regent of each university system serves without
3-19 compensation and any costs incurred shall be paid by the student
3-20 regent or from revenue collected from the student services fee.
3-21 (Sections 63.19-63.20 reserved for expansion
3-22 SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES OF ADVISORY STUDENT REGENT
3-23 Sec. 63.21. NONVOTING LIAISON TO BOARD. (a) The advisory
3-24 student regent shall represent the interests of system students and
3-25 provide insight to the board as to the perspective of system
3-26 students.
3-27 (b) An advisory student regent has the same rights as any
4-1 board member to voice opinions, to make recommendations, or
4-2 otherwise to participate in all board meetings, except that an
4-3 advisory student regent is not entitled to vote on any matter
4-4 before the board. An advisory student regent may not be included
4-5 in an executive meeting of the board.
4-6 Sec. 63.22. ATTENDANCE AT BOARD MEETINGS. An advisory
4-7 student regent shall attend each meeting of the governing board.
4-8 Failure to attend two consecutive board meetings voids the
4-9 appointment of the advisory student regent. The student's place
4-10 shall be filled from the remaining roundtable members.
4-11 (Sections 63.23-63.30 reserved for expansion
4-12 SUBCHAPTER D. SYSTEM ROUNDTABLE
4-13 Sec. 63.31. SYSTEM ROUNDTABLE. Each member school of a
4-14 university system consisting of more than one member school shall
4-15 be represented on a system roundtable by that school's advisory
4-16 student regent nominee.
4-17 Sec. 63.32. POWERS AND DUTIES OF ROUNDTABLE. The system
4-18 roundtable shall meet on a schedule to be determined by the
4-19 roundtable members in order to ensure that the advisory student
4-20 regent is aware of the concerns of the students of each member
4-21 school. The roundtable shall meet at least once prior to the first
4-22 governing board meeting of each year following the certification of
4-23 and acceptance by the advisory student regent.
4-24 Sec. 63.33. CHAIRMAN OF SYSTEM ROUNDTABLE. The system
4-25 roundtable for each university system shall be chaired by the
4-26 advisory student regent for that university system.
4-27 Sec. 63.34. ATTENDANCE AT SYSTEM ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS. Each
5-1 roundtable member shall attend each meeting of the roundtable.
5-2 Failure to attend two consecutive roundtable meetings voids the
5-3 membership of the absent member, and the place shall be filled by
5-4 nomination of the member school, as set forth in Section 63.15(a)
5-5 of this code. Should the absent member also be the advisory
5-6 student regent, the member's position as advisory student regent is
5-7 also forfeited and shall be filled from the remaining roundtable
5-8 members, subject to the restrictions set forth in Subchapter B of
5-9 this chapter.
5-10 SECTION 2. Chapter 63, Education Code, as added by this Act,
5-11 expires September 1, 1994.
5-12 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
5-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
5-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
5-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
5-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
5-17 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
5-18 passage, and it is so enacted.