81R8355 CAE-D
By: Darby H.B. No. 2662
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain teachers to serve on the
board of directors of a regional education service center.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8.003(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules to provide for the
local selection, appointment, and continuity of membership of
regional education service center boards of directors. The rules
must provide that a teacher who is selected as a regional teacher of
the year under a program adopted by the agency is entitled to serve
as a nonvoting member of the board of directors for that region.
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, 2009.