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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the structure, powers, and duties of the State Board of |
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Education and the commissioner of education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 7.055(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The commissioner has the powers and duties provided by |
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Subsection (b) or by another provision of law. The commissioner |
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shall carry out the commissioner's powers and duties in |
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consultation with the board. |
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SECTION 2. Section 7.101(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The State Board of Education is composed of 15 members |
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elected from districts. Each district from which a board member is |
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elected is composed as provided by the court order dated November 2, |
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2001, in Miller v. Cuellar, No. 3-01CV1072-G (N.D. Tex.) [former
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Sections 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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SECTION 3. Section 7.102(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The board has the powers and duties provided by |
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Subsection (c). The board shall carry [, which shall be carried] |
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out its powers and duties with the advice and assistance of the |
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commissioner. |
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SECTION 4. Section 7.102(c), Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subdivision (35) to read as follows: |
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(35) The board may employ a reasonable number of staff |
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in carrying out its powers and duties under this section. |
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SECTION 5. Section 7.105(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Section 1551.101(c), Insurance |
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Code, a [A] member of the board is not entitled to receive |
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compensation. |
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SECTION 6. Section 7.106, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 7.106. MEETINGS. The board shall hold four meetings a |
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year in Austin, Texas, on dates determined by the presiding officer |
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[chair] and may hold other meetings as may be called by the |
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presiding officer [chair]. |
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SECTION 7. Section 7.107, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 7.107. OFFICERS. (a) The governor, with the advice |
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and consent of the senate, shall appoint the presiding officer |
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[chair] from among the membership of the board. The presiding |
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officer [chair] serves a term of two years. |
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(b) At the board's first regular meeting after the election |
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and qualification of new members, the board shall organize, adopt |
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rules of procedure, and elect by separate votes an assistant |
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presiding officer [a vice chair] and a secretary. |
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(c) A person who serves two consecutive terms as presiding |
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officer [chair] is ineligible to again serve as presiding officer |
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[chair] until six [four] years have elapsed since the expiration of |
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the second term. |
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SECTION 8. Subchapter D, Chapter 7, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 7.1075 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7.1075. COMMITTEES. The board may establish |
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committees of the board, including a committee on instruction, a |
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committee on planning, and a committee on school finance and the |
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permanent school fund. |
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SECTION 9. Section 1551.101, Insurance Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) An individual who is a member of the State Board of |
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Education is eligible to participate in the group benefits program |
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as provided by Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |