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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to election of professional staff representatives to |
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certain school district planning and decision-making committees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.251, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(e) The board shall adopt a procedure, consistent with |
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Subsection (e-1) and Section 21.407(a), for the professional staff |
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in the district to nominate and elect the professional staff |
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representatives who shall meet with the board or the board designee |
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as required under this section. At least two-thirds of the elected |
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professional staff representatives must be classroom |
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teachers. The remaining staff representatives shall include both |
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campus- and district-level professional staff members. If |
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practicable, the committee membership shall include at least one |
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professional staff representative with the primary responsibility |
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for educating students with disabilities. Board policy must |
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provide procedures for: |
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(1) the selection of parents to the district-level and |
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campus-level committees; and |
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(2) the selection of community members and business |
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representatives to serve on the district-level committee in a |
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manner that provides for appropriate representation of the |
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community's diversity. |
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(e-1) The procedure for the election of professional staff |
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representatives to a campus-level or district-level committee |
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under Subsection (e): |
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(1) must provide for appropriate and inclusive |
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representation of the district's professional staff; and |
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(2) may not limit eligibility for election to members |
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of a single professional association or organization. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2017. |