SRC-MSY S.B. 1493 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1493
By: Madla
Education
3/27/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

The current Texas Education Code requires the State Board of Education
(SBOE) to provide a training course for independent school district
trustees, and requires a trustee to complete any such training required by
SBOE.  However, the current law does not provide any repercussions for
failing to complete the required training.  As proposed, S.B. 1493
requires the Texas Education Agency to annually publish a list of board
members who do not complete the annual training requirement in each
noncompliant trustee's local newspaper. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

Rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the State Board of Education
in SECTION 1 (Section 11.59, Education Code) of this bill. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 11.159, Education Code, by adding Subsection
(c), to require the regional education centers to report to the Texas
Education Agency (TEA) and annually publish a list of independent school
district trustees who have not completed the training required by the
State Board of Education (SBOE).  Requires the list to be published in a
periodical or newspaper of general circulation in the community of each
listed trustee during the anniversary week of the trustee election in the
school district of the trustee.  Requires the list to indicate the number
of hours of training required to be completed and the number of hours of
completed, for each trustee named.  Requires SBOE to adopt rules necessary
to implement this subsection. 

SECTION 2.  Requires SBOE and TEA to conduct a review of the educational
training requirements for independent school district trustees, including
the content of the training and the number of required hours of training.
Requires SBOE and TEA to report their findings to the legislature by
January 5, 2005. 

SECTION 3.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.