By: Harris of Tarrant S.B. No. 1341
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the duties of a school district superintendent.
1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-3 SECTION 1. Section 13.351, Education Code, is amended by
1-4 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-5 (c) The duties of the superintendent shall include:
1-6 (1) assuming administrative responsibility and
1-7 leadership for the planning, operation, supervision, and evaluation
1-8 of the education programs, services, and facilities of the district
1-9 and for the annual performance appraisal of the district's staff;
1-10 (2) assuming administrative authority and
1-11 responsibility for the assignment and evaluation of all personnel
1-12 of the district other than the superintendent and making
1-13 recommendations regarding the selection, promotion, and dismissal
1-14 of such personnel, except as may be otherwise required by Section
1-15 13.352 of this code;
1-16 (3) managing the day-to-day operations of the district
1-17 as its chief executive officer;
1-18 (4) causing to be prepared a budget covering all
1-19 estimated revenue and proposed expenditures of the district for the
1-20 next succeeding fiscal year according to generally accepted
1-21 accounting principles, the rules and regulations established by the
1-22 State Board of Education, and policies adopted by the board of
1-23 trustees;
2-1 (5) preparing recommendations for policies to be
2-2 established by the board of trustees and overseeing the
2-3 implementation of established policies;
2-4 (6) developing or causing the development of
2-5 appropriate administrative regulations to implement policies
2-6 established by the board of trustees;
2-7 (7) providing leadership for the attainment of student
2-8 performance standards in the district based on the indicators
2-9 established in Section 21.7531 of this code and other indicators as
2-10 may be adopted by the State Board of Education or the district's
2-11 board of trustees; and
2-12 (8) performing any other duties assigned by action of
2-13 the board of trustees.
2-14 SECTION 2. Section 23.41, Education Code, is amended to read
2-15 as follows:
2-16 Sec. 23.41. BUDGET OFFICER. The <president of the> board of
2-17 trustees of each independent school district whether created by
2-18 general or special law shall designate the superintendent as <be>
2-19 the budget officer for the district and, as such, the
2-20 superintendent shall have the duties prescribed in this subchapter.
2-21 SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 23.42, Education Code, is
2-22 amended to read as follows:
2-23 (a) On or before a date set by the State Board of Education,
2-24 the superintendent <president> shall prepare, or cause to be
2-25 prepared, a budget covering all estimated revenue and proposed
3-1 expenditures of the district for the next succeeding fiscal year.
3-2 SECTION 4. Section 23.43, Education Code, is repealed.
3-3 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-8 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-9 passage, and it is so enacted.