Bill Text: TX HB529 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility for appointment to the board of managers of a school district or open-enrollment charter school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Public Education [HB529 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB529-Introduced.html
88R701 BDP-D | ||
By: Bailes | H.B. No. 529 |
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relating to eligibility for appointment to the board of managers of | ||
a school district or open-enrollment charter school. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 39A.204, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39A.204. QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPOSITION OF BOARD OF | ||
MANAGERS. (a) The commissioner may not appoint an individual to a | ||
board of managers unless the individual is eligible to be elected as | ||
a trustee of a school district under Subchapter C, Chapter 11, of | ||
this code and Section 141.001, Election Code. | ||
(b) A board of managers appointed by the commissioner must, | ||
if possible, include community leaders, business representatives | ||
who have expertise in leadership, and individuals who have | ||
knowledge or expertise in the field of education. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 39A.204, Education Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies beginning with appointments made to a board of | ||
managers of a school district or open-enrollment charter school on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |