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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a ballot proposition on the manner of election for |
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members of the board of trustees of a school district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.052, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a), (b), (d), and (e) and adding Subsections |
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(e-1) and (e-2) to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the board of |
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trustees of an independent school district, on its own motion, may |
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order that a proposition be placed on the ballot at the next regular |
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election of trustees on the question of electing: |
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(1) all trustees of the district [are to be elected] |
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from single-member trustee districts; or |
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(2) [that] not fewer than 70 percent of the [members of |
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the board of] trustees [are to be elected] from single-member |
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trustee districts with the remaining trustees to be elected from |
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the district at large. |
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(b) If a majority of the area of an independent school |
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district is located in a county with a population of less than |
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10,000, the board of trustees of the district, on its own motion, |
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may order that a proposition be placed on the ballot at the next |
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regular election of trustees on the question of electing: |
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(1) all trustees of the district [are to be elected] |
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from single-member trustee districts; or |
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(2) [that] not fewer than 50 percent of the [members of |
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the board of] trustees [are to be elected] from single-member |
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trustee districts with the remaining trustees to be elected from |
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the district at large. |
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(d) An order of the board adopted under Subsection (a) or |
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(b) must be entered not later than the 120th day before the date of |
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the [first] election at which the ballot proposition to elect some |
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or all [all or some] of the trustees [are elected] from |
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single-member trustee districts is to be submitted to the voters |
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[authorized by the order]. |
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(e) If at least 15 percent or 15,000 of the registered |
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voters of the school district, whichever is less, sign and present |
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to the board of trustees a petition requesting submission to the |
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voters of the proposition that trustees of the district be elected |
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in a specific manner, which must be generally described on the |
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petition and which must be a manner of election that the board could |
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have proposed [ordered] on its own motion under Subsection (a) or |
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(b), the board shall order that the appropriate proposition be |
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placed on the ballot at the first regular election of trustees held |
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after the 120th day after the date the petition is submitted to the |
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board. |
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(e-1) A [The] proposition submitted under this section must |
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specify the number of trustees to be elected from single-member |
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districts. |
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(e-2) Beginning with the first regular election of trustees |
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held after an election at which a majority of the registered voters |
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voting approve a [the] proposition submitted under this section, |
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trustees of the district shall be elected in the manner prescribed |
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by the approved proposition. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |