88R7472 PRL-D
 
  By: Buckley H.B. No. 3458
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the composition and leadership of the governing board
  of the Texas School for the Deaf.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 30.052, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The Texas School for the Deaf is governed by an
  11-member [a nine-member] board appointed by the governor in
  accordance with this section and confirmed by the senate.  A person
  may not serve simultaneously on the school's governing board and
  the board of the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.  
  Except for the two public members appointed under Subdivision (4),
  each [Each] member of the board must be a person who is experienced
  in working with persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, a person
  who is the parent of a person who is deaf, or a person who is deaf.  
  The board, at least six [five] of whom must be deaf, consists of:
               (1)  at least one person who is an alumnus of the Texas
  School for the Deaf;
               (2)  at least three persons who are parents of a deaf
  person; [and]
               (3)  at least three persons who are experienced in
  working with deaf persons; and
               (4)  two public members.
         (a-1)  The governor shall appoint the presiding officer and
  deputy presiding officer from among the membership of the board.
         (b)  Members of the board serve for terms of six years, with
  the terms of either three or four members expiring on January 31 of
  each odd-numbered year.
         SECTION 2.  Promptly after this Act takes effect, the
  governor shall appoint two public members to the governing board of
  the Texas School for the Deaf in accordance with Section 30.052(a),
  Education Code, as amended by this Act.  In appointing those
  members, the governor shall appoint one person to a term expiring
  January 31, 2025, and one to a term expiring January 31, 2027.
         SECTION 3.  Section 30.052(a-1), Education Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to the appointment of a presiding officer and
  deputy presiding officer of the governing board of the Texas School
  for the Deaf for a term that begins on or after the effective date of
  this Act.
         SECTION 4.  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, 2023.