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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the qualifications to serve as a member of a board of |
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trustees of a military reservation school district and rules |
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adopted by the State Board of Education for the governance of a |
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special-purpose district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 11.352(b) and (c), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) For each military reservation school district, the |
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State Board of Education may appoint a board of three or five |
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trustees. Enlisted military personnel and military officers may be |
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appointed to the school board. A majority of the trustees appointed |
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for the district must be civilians and all may be civilians. The |
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trustees shall be selected from a list of persons who are qualified |
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to serve as members of a school district board of trustees under |
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Section 11.061 and who live on or are employed on the military |
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reservation. A person who retires from active duty or civilian |
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service while serving a term as a member of the board of trustees |
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may continue to serve for the remainder of that person's term. The |
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list shall be furnished to the board by the commanding officer of |
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the military reservation. The trustees appointed serve terms of |
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two years. |
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(c) The State Board of Education shall [may] adopt rules for |
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the governance of a special-purpose district. In the absence of a |
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rule adopted under this subsection, the laws applicable to |
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independent school districts apply to a special-purpose district. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |