81R7219 CAE-D
 
  By: Edwards H.B. No. 1668
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to changing the name of certain school campuses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 11.175 to read as follows:
         Sec. 11.175.  CAMPUS NAME CHANGE PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN
  CIRCUMSTANCES. The board of trustees of a school district may not
  change the name of a school campus that has been operating with the
  same name for 75 years or more.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter G, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 39.1325 to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.1325.  CAMPUS NAME CHANGE PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN
  CIRCUMSTANCES. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
  subchapter, in reconstituting a campus, redesigning a campus, or
  imposing any other sanction on a campus under this subchapter, the
  name of the campus may not be changed if the campus has been
  operating with the same name for 75 years or more.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.