78R4670 BDH-D

By:  Griggs                                                       H.B. No. 1395



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the duties of a public school district superintendent.            
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 11.201, Education Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as 
follows:
	(d)  The duties of the superintendent include:                                 
		(1)  assuming administrative responsibility and 
leadership for the planning, operation, supervision, and 
evaluation of the education programs, services, and facilities of 
the district and for the annual performance appraisal of the 
district's staff;
		(2)  assuming administrative authority and 
responsibility for the assignment, reassignment, and evaluation of 
all personnel of the district other than the superintendent;
		(3)  making recommendations regarding the selection of 
personnel of the district other than the superintendent, as 
provided by Section 11.163;
		(4)  initiating the termination or suspension of an 
employee or the nonrenewal of an employee's term contract;
		(5)  managing the day-to-day operations of the district 
as its administrative manager;
		(6)  preparing and submitting to the board of trustees 
a proposed budget as provided by Section 44.002;
		(7)  preparing recommendations for policies to be 
adopted by the board of trustees and overseeing the implementation 
of adopted policies;
		(8)  developing or causing to be developed appropriate 
administrative regulations to implement policies established by 
the board of trustees;
		(9)  providing leadership for the attainment of student 
performance in the district based on the indicators adopted under 
Section 39.051 and other indicators adopted by the State Board of 
Education or the district's board of trustees;
		(10)  organizing the district's central 
administration;  and                
		(11)  performing any other duties assigned by action of 
the board of trustees.
	(e)  The superintendent has sole authority to exercise the 
duties described by Subsection (d).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.