79R1254 SLO-D

By:  McClendon                                                    H.B. No. 294



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the removal of a member of a school district board of 
trustees for failure to attend board meetings.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 11.066 to read as follows:
	Sec. 11.066.  REMOVAL FOR FAILURE TO ATTEND BOARD MEETINGS.  
(a)  It is a ground for removal of a trustee of an independent school 
district that the trustee is absent from more than half of the 
regularly scheduled board of trustees meetings during a calendar 
year that the member is eligible to attend, unless the absence is 
excused by a majority vote of the board of trustees.
	(b)  If the superintendent of the school district has 
knowledge that a ground for removal under this section exists, the 
superintendent shall notify the board of trustees.  On a 
determination that a potential ground for removal exists, the board 
shall notify the appropriate county or district attorney or the 
attorney general.
	SECTION 2.  Section 11.066, Education Code, as added by this 
Act, applies only to trustee attendance at a board of trustees 
meeting held on or after the effective date of this Act.  Trustee 
attendance at a board of trustees meeting held before the effective 
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the meeting 
was held, and the former law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.