BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2016 |
By: Keffer |
Public Education |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Currently, a school district may enter into a detachment and annexation process with another school district by which territory is detached from one district and annexed to another district that is contiguous to the detached territory. Because a school district also may consolidate its territory with another district, there is concern that too few protections exist to protect a vote or agreement to consolidate school districts under the current detachment and annexation process. For example, two school districts may vote in favor of or sign an agreement to consolidate, while one of the districts may at the same time be planning to detach and annex a portion of its territory to another district, with the result that the original intent of school districts engaged in an active consolidation process may be undermined by the alterations in the territory they thought was being consolidated. C.S.H.B. 2016 seeks to establish a safeguard for school districts engaged in an active consolidation process.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2016 amends the Education Code to prohibit any of the boards of trustees of the school districts that have adopted a resolution in favor of consolidation, if such a resolution has been adopted by the board of trustees of each other school district proposed to be consolidated into a particular single district, from receiving or considering a petition requesting detachment and annexation of district territory without the consent of each of the other of those boards of trustees before consolidation or before consolidation is disapproved at an election.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2016 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and highlighted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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