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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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board of directors of a regional education service center. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 8.003, Education Code, |
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is amended to 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 2. 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. |