By: Eltife S.B. No. 1133

(In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2007; March 14, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 4, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 4, 2007, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an exception under the public information law regarding the name of an applicant for superintendent of a public school district.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 552.126, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 552.126. EXCEPTION: NAME OF APPLICANT FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. (a) The name of an applicant for the position of superintendent of a public school district is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021, except that the board of trustees must give public notice of the name or names of the finalists being considered for the position at least 21 days before the date of the meeting at which a final action or vote is to be taken on the employment of the person.

(b) For purposes of this section, a person is considered to be a finalist for the position of superintendent of a public school district if the person was formally interviewed by the board of trustees in the final round of interviews for the position.

SECTION 2. Section 552.126, Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies to an interview for the position of superintendent of a public school district held on or after the effective date of this Act. An interview held before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before that date, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

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