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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of certain teachers to serve on the |
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State Board of Education and the board of directors of a regional |
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education service center. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 7.101, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 7.101. COMPOSITION. (a) The State Board of Education |
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is composed of 15 voting members elected from districts and two |
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nonvoting members, selected as provided by Subsection (c). Each |
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district from which a board member is elected is composed as |
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provided by the court order dated November 2, 2001, in Miller v. |
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Cuellar, No. 3-01CV1072-a (N.D. Tex.), No. 3-01CV1072-a (N.D. Tex.) |
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11.2101(b)-(t), as enacted by Chapter 2, Acts of the 72nd
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1991]. |
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(b) Voting members [Members] of the board are elected at |
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biennial general elections held in compliance with the Election |
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Code. |
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, |
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a teacher who is selected as the state elementary teacher of the |
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year or the state secondary teacher of the year under a program |
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adopted by the agency is entitled to serve as a nonvoting member of |
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the board until a new state teacher of the year is selected to serve |
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in the capacity in which the teacher was serving. |
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SECTION 2. Section 8.003(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules to provide for the |
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local selection, appointment, and continuity of membership of |
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regional education service center boards of directors. The rules |
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must provide that a teacher who is selected as a regional teacher of |
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the year under a program adopted by the agency is entitled to serve |
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as a nonvoting member of the board of directors for that region. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |