1-1 By: Turner, Barrientos S.B. No. 254
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 4, 1993; February 8, 1993,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
1-4 March 24, 1993, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; March 24, 1993,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Ratliff x
1-10 Haley x
1-11 Barrientos x
1-12 Bivins x
1-13 Harris of Tarrant x
1-14 Luna x
1-15 Montford x
1-16 Shapiro x
1-17 Sibley x
1-18 Turner x
1-19 Zaffirini x
1-20 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 254 By: Turner
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to the representation of students on the governing boards
1-24 of public university systems.
1-25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-26 SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 3, Education Code, is amended
1-27 by adding Chapter 63 to read as follows:
1-28 CHAPTER 63. STUDENT REPRESENTATION ON
1-29 GOVERNING BOARDS OF UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS
1-30 SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1-31 Sec. 63.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
1-32 (1) "Governing board" has the meaning assigned by
1-33 Section 61.003 of this code.
1-34 (2) "Member school" means a general academic teaching
1-35 institution or a medical and dental unit, as those terms are
1-36 defined by Section 61.003 of this code.
1-37 (3) "Program" means the student representation on
1-38 governing boards program established by this chapter.
1-39 (4) "Student government" means the representative
1-40 student organization elected by the students of a member school.
1-41 (5) "University system" has the meaning assigned by
1-42 Section 61.003 of this code.
1-43 (Sections 63.02 to 63.20 reserved for expansion
1-44 SUBCHAPTER B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
1-45 Sec. 63.21. ADVISORY STUDENT LIAISON. (a) The governing
1-46 board of each university system shall include a nonvoting advisory
1-47 student liaison selected in accordance with this subchapter.
1-48 (b) The students of a member school of a university system
1-49 may choose to participate in the program.
1-50 Sec. 63.22. TERM. The advisory student liaison serves for a
1-51 term of one year beginning on June 1.
1-52 Sec. 63.23. MEMBER SCHOOLS WITHOUT STUDENT GOVERNMENT. At a
1-53 member school that does not have a student government, any duty
1-54 assigned by this chapter to the student government is performed by
1-55 the general student population through referendum.
1-56 Sec. 63.24. OPTIONAL PARTICIPATION. A member school may
1-57 participate in the program if the students of the member school
1-58 choose to participate through their student government.
1-59 Sec. 63.25. NOMINATION AND SELECTION OF ADVISORY STUDENT
1-60 LIAISON. (a) The student government of each member school of a
1-61 university system shall nominate a student for the position of
1-62 advisory student liaison. The student advisory council under
1-63 Subchapter D of this chapter shall nominate three members of the
1-64 group for the position of advisory student liaison for the
1-65 university system and shall send those three nominations to the
1-66 governor not later than April 1 of each year.
1-67 (b) The governor shall select the advisory student liaison
1-68 for each university system from the nominations sent to the
2-1 governor under Subsection (a) of this section and shall announce
2-2 the selections not later than May 15 of each year.
2-3 (c) The advisory student liaison may not be selected from
2-4 the same member school for two consecutive years.
2-5 Sec. 63.26. CERTIFICATE OF SELECTION. Not later than the
2-6 fifth day after the date of selection, the secretary of state shall
2-7 forward to the advisory student liaison for each university system
2-8 a certificate that notifies the student of the selection.
2-9 Sec. 63.27. EXPENSES OF ADVISORY STUDENT LIAISON. An
2-10 advisory student liaison of each university system serves without
2-11 compensation and any costs incurred by the student liaison shall be
2-12 paid by the student liaison or from revenue collected from the
2-13 student services fee of the member school at which the advisory
2-14 student liaison is enrolled.
2-15 (Sections 63.28 to 63.40 reserved for expansion
2-16 SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES OF ADVISORY STUDENT LIAISON
2-17 Sec. 63.41. NONVOTING LIAISON TO GOVERNING BOARD. (a) The
2-18 advisory student liaison shall represent the interests of system
2-19 students and provide insight to the governing board as to the
2-20 perspective of system students.
2-21 (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section,
2-22 the advisory student liaison has the same rights as a governing
2-23 board member to voice opinions, to make recommendations, or
2-24 otherwise to participate in all governing board meetings.
2-25 (c) An advisory student liaison may not:
2-26 (1) vote on any matter before the governing board; or
2-27 (2) attend an executive meeting of the governing
2-28 board.
2-29 Sec. 63.42. ATTENDANCE AT GOVERNING BOARD MEETINGS. (a) An
2-30 advisory student liaison shall attend each meeting of the governing
2-31 board other than an executive meeting.
2-32 (b) Failure to attend three consecutive regular meetings of
2-33 the governing board voids the appointment of the advisory student
2-34 liaison. The student's place shall be filled by the governor from
2-35 the remaining advisory student liaison nominees, subject to the
2-36 restrictions in Subchapter B of this chapter.
2-37 (Sections 63.43 to 63.60 reserved for expansion
2-38 SUBCHAPTER D. STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL
2-39 Sec. 63.61. STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL. Each member school
2-40 shall be represented on a student advisory council by that school's
2-41 advisory student liaison nominee.
2-42 Sec. 63.62. POWERS AND DUTIES OF STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL.
2-43 (a) Each student advisory council shall meet on a schedule to be
2-44 determined by the council members to ensure that the advisory
2-45 student liaison is aware of the concerns of the students of each
2-46 member school of the university system that the advisory student
2-47 liaison represents.
2-48 (b) Each student advisory council shall meet at least once
2-49 before the first governing board meeting of each year after the
2-50 certification of and acceptance by the advisory student liaison.
2-51 Sec. 63.63. PRESIDING OFFICER OF STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL.
2-52 The advisory student liaison for a university system is the
2-53 presiding officer of the student advisory council for that
2-54 university system.
2-55 Sec. 63.64. ATTENDANCE AT STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
2-56 (a) Each member of a student advisory council shall attend each
2-57 meeting of that council.
2-58 (b) Failure to attend three consecutive regular meetings of
2-59 the student advisory council voids the membership of the absent
2-60 member, and the place shall be filled by nomination of the member
2-61 school, as provided by Section 63.25(a) of this code. If the
2-62 absent member is also the advisory student liaison, the member's
2-63 position as advisory student liaison is also forfeited and shall be
2-64 filled by the governor from the remaining advisory student liaison
2-65 nominees, subject to the restrictions in Subchapter B of this
2-66 chapter.
2-67 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
2-68 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-69 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-70 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-3 passage, and it is so enacted.
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3-5 Austin,
3-6 Texas
3-7 March 24, 1993
3-8 Hon. Bob Bullock
3-9 President of the Senate
3-10 Sir:
3-11 We, your Committee on Education to which was referred S.B. No. 254,
3-12 have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to
3-13 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do not
3-14 pass, but that the Committee Substitute adopted in lieu thereof do
3-15 pass and be printed.
3-16 Ratliff,
3-17 Chairman
3-18 * * * * *
3-19 WITNESSES
3-20 FOR AGAINST ON
3-21 ___________________________________________________________________
3-22 Name: Terrence Shaw x
3-23 Representing: UT System Student Advisory
3-24 City: El Paso
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3-26 Name: Todd Sluder x
3-27 Representing: T A & M
3-28 City: Colleger Station
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3-30 Name: Maria Moffatt x
3-31 Representing: self
3-32 City: College Station
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3-34 Name: Bernadette Yllana x
3-35 Representing: self
3-36 City: College Station
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3-38 Name: Christy M. Durham x
3-39 Representing: self
3-40 City: College Station
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3-42 Name: Christina Clay x
3-43 Representing: UT Austin
3-44 City: Austin
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3-46 Name: Jose Villasenor x
3-47 Representing: UT Students Assoc
3-48 City: Austin
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3-50 Name: Matthew Burrus x
3-51 Representing: UT Austin
3-52 City: Austin
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3-54 Name: Brendan C. Mikeska x
3-55 Representing: Sam Houston State Students As
3-56 City: Huntsville
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3-58 Name: Jonathan Parker x
3-59 Representing: Legislative Relations Agency
3-60 City: Austin
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3-62 Name: Lynne Markgrag x
3-63 Representing:
3-64 City: Midland
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3-66 FOR AGAINST ON
3-67 ___________________________________________________________________
3-68 Name: Russell A. Hruska x
3-69 Representing: Univ of Houston
3-70 City: Conroe
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4-2 Name: P. R. Briscoe x
4-3 Representing: Sam Houston State University
4-4 City: Huntsville
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4-6 Name: Ronica R. Ramirez x
4-7 Representing: Tx A & M Student Assoc
4-8 City: College Station
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4-10 Name: Connie Davis x
4-11 Representing: Prairie View A & M
4-12 City: Prairie View
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4-14 Name: Howard Nirken x
4-15 Representing: UT Austin
4-16 City: Austin
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4-18 Name: John P Block x
4-19 Representing: self
4-20 City: Austin
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4-22 Name: Steve Beller x
4-23 Representing: Tx A & M
4-24 City: College Station
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4-26 Name: Sherry Boyles x
4-27 Representing: Texas Student Assoc
4-28 City: Austin
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