79R3233 KEL-F
By: Janek S.B. No. 238
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training for members of the governing boards of public
institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.084(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The board by rule shall establish a training program for
members of the governing boards of institutions of higher
education. Each member of a governing board of an institution of
higher education [the members of which are appointed] shall attend,
during the member's first two years of service as a member of a
governing board of an institution of higher education, at least one
training program under this section. [A member of a governing board
of an institution of higher education the members of which are
elected may attend a training program conducted under this
section.] A member [of a governing board who is required to attend
a training program under this section] may, but need not, attend
additional training programs under this section.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the requirement in Section
61.084(a), Education Code, as amended by this Act, that an elected
member of a governing board of an institution of higher education
attend a training program in the member's first two years of
service, a person serving as an elected member of the governing
board of an institution of higher education on the effective date of
this Act shall attend a training program under that section not
later than September 1, 2007, if the person has not previously
attended a training program as permitted by that section as that
section existed before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.