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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas |
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School Safety Center. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 37.203(a) and (b), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The center is advised by a board of directors composed |
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of: |
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(1) the attorney general, or the attorney general's |
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designee; |
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(2) the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee; |
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(3) the executive director of the Texas Juvenile |
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Justice Department, or the executive director's designee; |
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(4) the commissioner of the Department of State Health |
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Services, or the commissioner's designee; |
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(5) the commissioner of higher education, or the |
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commissioner's designee; and |
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(6) the following members appointed by the governor |
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with the advice and consent of the senate: |
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(A) a juvenile court judge; |
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(B) a member of a school district's board of |
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trustees; |
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(C) an administrator of a public primary school; |
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(D) an administrator of a public secondary |
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school; |
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(E) a member of the state parent-teacher |
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association; |
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(F) a teacher from a public primary or secondary |
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school; |
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(G) a public school superintendent who is a |
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member of the Texas Association of School Administrators; |
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(H) a school district police officer or a peace |
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officer whose primary duty consists of working in a public school; |
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(I) a professional architect who is registered in |
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this state and a member of the Texas Society of Architects; [and] |
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(J) a school district's director of special |
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education services; and |
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(K) three members of the public. |
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(b) Members of the board appointed under Subsection (a)(6) |
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serve staggered two-year terms, with the terms of the members |
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described by Subsections (a)(6)(A)-(F) expiring on February 1 of |
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each odd-numbered year and the terms of the members described by |
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Subsections (a)(6)(G)-(K) [(a)(6)(G)-(J)] expiring on February 1 |
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of each even-numbered year. A member may serve more than one term. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than February 1, 2024, the governor |
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shall appoint the new member to the board of directors of the Texas |
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School Safety Center as required by Section 37.203(a)(6)(J), |
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Education Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |