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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the employment of technical assistant superintendents |
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by regional education service centers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 8, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 8.059 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8.059. TECHNICAL ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. (a) In |
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this section, "qualifying school district" means a school district |
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with fewer than 3,000 enrolled students. |
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(b) Each regional education service center that serves a |
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qualifying school district shall employ and train a sufficient |
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number of technical assistant superintendents to maintain a ratio |
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of one technical assistant superintendent for every three |
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qualifying school districts in the region served by the center. |
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(c) A technical assistant superintendent shall support a |
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qualifying school district to ensure the school district |
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participates in agency and other state and federal programs and |
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initiatives developed to enhance school district operations and |
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maximize student outcomes, including: |
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(1) the teacher incentive allotment under Section |
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48.112 and the local optional teacher designation system under |
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Section 21.3521; |
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(2) available school safety grants; |
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(3) the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) |
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program under Section 29.912; and |
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(4) the agency's Effective Schools and Effective |
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District Frameworks. |
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(d) A technical assistant superintendent may travel to a |
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qualifying school district to which the superintendent is assigned |
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to provide in-person technical administrative support. |
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(e) The commissioner may monitor regional education service |
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centers to ensure compliance with this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |