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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the availability of certain information regarding the |
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members of the governing body of an independent school district or a |
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public junior college district on the district's Internet website. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 11.1518 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.1518. TRUSTEE INFORMATION POSTED ON WEBSITE. (a) |
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Each school district that maintains an Internet website shall post |
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on the website the name, e-mail address, and term of office, |
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including the date the term began and the date the term expires, of |
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each member of the district's board of trustees. |
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(b) If a school district does not maintain an Internet |
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website, the district shall submit the information required by |
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Subsection (a) to the agency. On receipt of the district's |
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information, the agency shall post the information on the agency's |
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Internet website. |
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(c) Each time there is a change in the membership of a school |
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district's board of trustees, the district shall update the |
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information required under Subsection (a) and, as applicable: |
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(1) post the updated information on the district's |
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Internet website; or |
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(2) submit the updated information to the agency for |
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posting on the agency's Internet website in accordance with |
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Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 130, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 130.0841 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.0841. GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER INFORMATION POSTED ON |
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WEBSITE. (a) Each junior college district shall post on the |
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district's Internet website the name, e-mail address, and term of |
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office, including the date the term began and the date the term |
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expires, of each member of the governing board of the district. |
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(b) The information required under Subsection (a) must be |
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updated each time there is a change in the membership of the |
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governing board. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |