88R8782 BDP-F
 
  By: Sherman, Sr. H.B. No. 2647
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school
  districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the
  board.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 11.0512 to read as follows:
         Sec. 11.0512.  STUDENT TRUSTEE.  (a)  This section applies
  only to a school district to which Section 11.0511 does not apply.
         (b)  In addition to the number of trustees of a school
  district as provided by Section 11.051, the board of trustees of a
  school district may appoint a student trustee in the manner and for
  a term prescribed by the board.
         (c)  A student trustee is not a member of the board of
  trustees of the school district for which the student is appointed.  
  A student trustee has the same powers and duties as a member of the
  board of trustees, including the right to attend and participate in
  open meetings of the board, except that the student trustee:
               (1)  may not vote on any matter before the board or make
  or second any motion before the board; and
               (2)  is not counted in determining whether a quorum
  exists for a meeting of the board or in determining the outcome of
  any vote of the board.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.