Bill Text: TX HB3106 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the period of time allowed for appointment of a board of managers for a school district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective immediately [HB3106 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3106-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the period of time allowed for appointment of a board of managers for a school district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective immediately [HB3106 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3106-Comm_Sub.html
By: Huberty, Phelan (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) | H.B. No. 3106 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2015; | ||
May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Education; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 7, Nays 2; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the period of time allowed for appointment of a board of | ||
managers for a school district. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 39.112, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(e) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (f), at [ |
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the direction of the commissioner but not later than the second | ||
anniversary of the date the board of managers of a district was | ||
appointed, the board of managers shall order an election of members | ||
of the district board of trustees. The election must be held on a | ||
uniform election date on which an election of district trustees may | ||
be held under Section 41.001, Election Code, that is at least 180 | ||
days after the date the election was ordered. On qualification of | ||
members for office, the board of trustees assumes all of the powers | ||
and duties assigned to a board of trustees by law, rule, or | ||
regulation. | ||
(f) If, before the second anniversary of the date the board | ||
of managers of a district was appointed, the commissioner | ||
determines that insufficient progress has been made toward | ||
improving the academic or financial performance of the district, | ||
the commissioner may extend the authority of the board of managers | ||
for a period of up to two additional years. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
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