By Munoz H.B. No. 1470
74R5656 CAS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to decisions of school district boards of trustees
1-3 concerning detachment and annexation of certain school district
1-4 territory.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 19.0221(i), Education Code, is amended to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (i) If both boards of trustees of the affected districts
1-9 disapprove the petition, the decisions are final and may not be
1-10 appealed. If the board of trustees of only one of the <either>
1-11 affected districts <district> disapproves the petition, an
1-12 aggrieved party to the proceedings in either district may appeal
1-13 the board's decision to the commissioner of education under Section
1-14 11.13 of this code. An appeal under this subsection is de novo.
1-15 In deciding the appeal, the commissioner shall consider the
1-16 educational interests of any future students expected to reside in
1-17 the affected territory, the educational interests of students in
1-18 the affected districts, and the social, economic, and educational
1-19 effects of the proposed boundary change, as well as any material
1-20 adverse economic effect on taxable property in the affected
1-21 territory.
1-22 SECTION 2. Section 19.0221(i), Education Code, as amended by
1-23 this Act, applies to a decision by a board of trustees of a school
1-24 district made on or after the effective date of this Act even if
2-1 the decision concerns a petition for detachment and annexation of
2-2 school district territory presented to the board before the
2-3 effective date of this Act.
2-4 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
2-5 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.