By: Eltife  S.B. No. 550
         (In the Senate - Filed February 8, 2011; February 28, 2011,
  read first time and referred to Select Committee on Open
  Government; March 31, 2011, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; March 31, 2011, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the required public notice of the names of a certain
  number of finalists for the position of 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)  Except as provided
  by Subsection (b), the [The] name of an applicant for the position
  of superintendent of a public school district is excepted from the
  requirements of Section 552.021.
         (b)  At[, 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 an
  applicant for the position of superintendent of a public school
  district, the board of trustees must give public notice of:
               (1)  the names of at least three finalists being
  considered for the position, if the board of trustees interviewed
  three people or more during the final round of interviews for the
  position; or
               (2)  the name or names of all the finalists being
  considered for the position, if the board of trustees interviewed
  not more than two people during the final round of interviews for
  the position.
         (c)  Before the public notice required by Subsection (b) is
  posted, the board of trustees must give an applicant whose name will
  be included in the public notice an opportunity to withdraw from
  consideration for the position [the person].
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  with respect to notice of a meeting held on or after October 1,
  2011.  A notice of a meeting held before that date is governed by the
  law in effect on the date the notice is given, and that law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
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