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  By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 1248
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  related to making the Texas Education Commissioner an elected
  office
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sec. 7.051 of the Texas Education Code is amended
  as follows:
         The commissioner is elected for a term of four years.  The
  governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint
  the commissioner of education.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.