73R8187 CAS-F
By Johnson H.B. No. 2836
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the duties of the superintendent of a school district.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 13.351, Education Code, is amended by
1-5 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-6 (c) The superintendent of each school district shall:
1-7 (1) administer and provide leadership for the
1-8 planning, operation, and evaluation of the educational programs,
1-9 services, and facilities of the district and for the annual
1-10 performance appraisal of the district's staff;
1-11 (2) administer the assignment and evaluation of
1-12 personnel of the district other than the superintendent and make
1-13 recommendations regarding the selection, promotion, and dismissal
1-14 of the personnel;
1-15 (3) manage the daily operations of the district as its
1-16 chief executive officer;
1-17 (4) provide for preparing a budget covering all
1-18 estimated revenue and proposed expenditures of the district for the
1-19 succeeding fiscal year, according to generally accepted accounting
1-20 principles, State Board of Education rules, and policies adopted by
1-21 the board of trustees of the district;
1-22 (5) prepare recommendations for policies to be
1-23 established by the board of trustees and oversee the implementation
1-24 of established policies;
2-1 (6) develop or provide for the development of
2-2 appropriate administrative rules to implement policies established
2-3 by the board of trustees;
2-4 (7) provide leadership for attaining student
2-5 performance standards in the district based on the indicators
2-6 adopted under Section 21.7531 of this code and any other indicators
2-7 adopted by the State Board of Education or the district's board of
2-8 trustees; and
2-9 (8) perform any other duties assigned by the board of
2-10 trustees of the district.
2-11 SECTION 2. Section 23.41, Education Code, is amended to read
2-12 as follows:
2-13 Sec. 23.41. Budget Officer. The superintendent <president
2-14 of the board of trustees> of each independent school district
2-15 whether created by general or special law shall be the budget
2-16 officer for the district and, as such, shall have the duties
2-17 prescribed in this subchapter.
2-18 SECTION 3. Section 23.42(a), Education Code, is amended to
2-19 read as follows:
2-20 (a) On or before a date set by the State Board of Education,
2-21 the superintendent of the district <president> shall prepare, or
2-22 cause to be prepared, a budget covering all estimated revenue and
2-23 proposed expenditures of the district for the next succeeding
2-24 fiscal year.
2-25 SECTION 4. Section 23.43, Education Code, is amended to read
2-26 as follows:
2-27 Sec. 23.43. Deputy Budget Officer. To assist him in the
3-1 professional and technical phases of budget preparation, the
3-2 superintendent of the district <president of the board of trustees>
3-3 shall designate as deputy budget officer the business manager, if
3-4 any, of the district<, or the superintendent of schools; and if the
3-5 district has no superintendent, the chief administrative employee
3-6 of the district shall be designated as deputy budget officer>.
3-7 SECTION 5. Section 23.44, Education Code, is amended to read
3-8 as follows:
3-9 Sec. 23.44. RECORDS AND REPORTS. The superintendent of the
3-10 district <president of the board of trustees> shall see to it that
3-11 records are kept and that copies of all budgets, all forms, and all
3-12 other reports are filed at the proper times and in the proper
3-13 offices as required by subsequent sections of this subchapter.
3-14 SECTION 6. Section 23.45(a), Education Code, is amended to
3-15 read as follows:
3-16 (a) When the budget has been prepared, the superintendent of
3-17 the district shall give written notice of that fact to the
3-18 president of the board of trustees. The president shall call a
3-19 meeting of the board of trustees, giving 10 days public notice and
3-20 stating that the purpose of the meeting is the adoption of a budget
3-21 for the succeeding fiscal year.
3-22 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
3-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-25 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-26 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-27 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
4-1 passage, and it is so enacted.