By: Capriglione H.B. No. 4359
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the review of school districts by the Sunset Advisory
  Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Section 325.026 to read as follows:
         Sec. 325.026.  REVIEW OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. (a) In this
  section, "education service center region" means a geographic
  region served by a regional education service center under Chapter
  8, Education Code.
         (b)  The commission shall review the operations and conduct a
  forensic audit of certain independent school districts or
  consolidated school districts. The commission shall review two
  school districts each review cycle. The school districts
  identified for review by the commission under this section are
  subject to the requirements of this chapter as if they were a state
  agency but may not be abolished.
         (c)  Not later than October 31 of each odd-numbered year, the
  commission shall select an education service center region from
  which the school districts to be reviewed will be selected. The
  commission shall review the school district within the selected
  region that has the lowest instructional spending per student and
  the school district within the selected region that has the highest
  instructional spending per student according to the most recent
  information reported to the Texas Education Agency.
         (d)  The commission shall prepare a report identifying areas
  of each district's operations that do not effectively or
  efficiently use the district's funds and that detract from
  instructional spending and make recommendations to address its
  findings. The commission's review may also include recommendations
  related to the district's governance, management, operating
  structure, and compliance with legislative requirements.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.