By: Huberty, Phelan (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 3106

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2015; May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 2; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the period of time allowed for appointment of a board of managers for a school district.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 39.112, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:

(e) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (f), at [At] the direction of the commissioner but not later than the second anniversary of the date the board of managers of a district was appointed, the board of managers shall order an election of members of the district board of trustees. The election must be held on a uniform election date on which an election of district trustees may be held under Section 41.001, Election Code, that is at least 180 days after the date the election was ordered. On qualification of members for office, the board of trustees assumes all of the powers and duties assigned to a board of trustees by law, rule, or regulation.

(f) If, before the second anniversary of the date the board of managers of a district was appointed, the commissioner determines that insufficient progress has been made toward improving the academic or financial performance of the district, the commissioner may extend the authority of the board of managers for a period of up to two additional years.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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