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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to creating a county task force to study collaborative |
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methods for public education cost savings in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The legislature finds that promoting cost |
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savings through collaborative agreements between public school |
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districts and the local governments in which the districts are |
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located serves an important purpose in promoting the provision of |
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quality educational services. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a county with a |
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population of more than one million and in which more than 80 |
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percent of the population resides in a single municipality. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The County Task Force on Public Education |
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Efficiencies is composed of seven members appointed as follows: |
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(1) three members appointed by the county judge of the |
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county; |
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(2) three members appointed by the presiding officer |
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of the governing body of the largest municipality in the county; and |
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(3) one member appointed jointly by the county judge |
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of the county and the presiding officer of the governing body of the |
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largest municipality in the county. |
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(b) The members of the County Task Force on Public Education |
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Efficiencies appointed under Subsection (a) of this section shall |
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elect a presiding officer of the task force. |
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(c) Appointments to the County Task Force on Public |
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Education Efficiencies shall be made without regard to race, color, |
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disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the |
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appointees. |
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SECTION 4. The County Task Force on Public Education |
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Efficiencies shall: |
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(1) research and investigate the feasibility of: |
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(A) using cooperative agreements between public |
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school districts and municipalities or counties in which a district |
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is located to achieve cost savings on public school functions |
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outside of the classroom; and |
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(B) reallocating the cost savings identified |
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under Paragraph (A) of this subdivision to classroom functions; and |
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(2) make recommendations regarding: |
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(A) the feasibility of general use of cooperative |
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agreements as described by Subdivision (1)(A) of this section; and |
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(B) methods for reallocating cost savings as |
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described by Subdivision (1)(B) of this section. |
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SECTION 5. Not later than January 1, 2011, the County Task |
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Force on Public Education Efficiencies shall submit its findings |
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and recommendations to each member of the state legislature who |
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represents the county and to the standing committees of the senate |
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and house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over |
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public education. |
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SECTION 6. The County Task Force on Public Education |
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Efficiencies is abolished and this Act expires on September 1, |
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2011. |
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SECTION 7. 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, 2009. |