Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB905 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R698 PAM-D
2	2	By: Dutton H.B. No. 905
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to procedures for management of certain public school
8	8	campuses and school districts identified as academically
9	9	unacceptable.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 39.135, Education Code, is amended by
12	12	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
13	13	follows:
14	14	(b) On or before the 90th day after the date the conservator
15	15	or management team is appointed [At least every 90 days], the
16	16	commissioner shall review the need for the conservator or
17	17	management team and shall remove the conservator or management team
18	18	unless the commissioner determines that continued appointment is
19	19	necessary for effective governance of the district or delivery of
20	20	instructional services. The commissioner shall remove the
21	21	conservator or management team on or before the 180th day after the
22	22	date of appointment.
23	23	(b-1) Every 90 days, the conservator or management team
24	24	shall file a report with the governor, the speaker of the house of
25	25	representatives, the lieutenant governor, and each state
26	26	representative and senator who represents any part of the area in
27	27	which the school district is located. The report must indicate the
28	28	current status of the district, including any progress made since
29	29	the appointment or last report, as applicable, problems identified,
30	30	and solutions suggested or implemented.
31	31	SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
32	32	amended by adding Section 39.1351 to read as follows:
33	33	Sec. 39.1351. MONITOR. (a) Every 90 days, a monitor
34	34	appointed to participate in and report to the agency on activities
35	35	of the board of trustees or the superintendent under this
36	36	subchapter shall file a report with the governor, the speaker of the
37	37	house of representatives, the lieutenant governor, and each state
38	38	representative and senator who represents any part of the area in
39	39	which the district is located. The report must indicate the current
40	40	status of the district, including any progress made since the
41	41	appointment or last report, as applicable, problems identified, and
42	42	solutions suggested or implemented.
43	43	(b) The commissioner shall remove the monitor on or before
44	44	the 180th day after the date of appointment.
45	45	SECTION 3. Section 39.136, Education Code, is amended by
46	46	adding Subsection (c-1) and amending Subsection (e) to read as
47	47	follows:
48	48	(c-1) Every 90 days, the board of managers shall file a
49	49	report with the governor, the speaker of the house of
50	50	representatives, the lieutenant governor, and each state
51	51	representative and senator who represents any part of the area in
52	52	which the district is located. The report must indicate the current
53	53	status of the district, including any progress made since the
54	54	appointment or last report, as applicable, problems identified, and
55	55	solutions suggested or implemented.
56	56	(e) At the direction of the commissioner but not later than
57	57	the 180th day after [second anniversary of] the date the board of
58	58	managers of a district was appointed, the board of managers shall
59	59	order an election of members of the district board of trustees. The
60	60	election must be held on a uniform election date on which an
61	61	election of district trustees may be held under Section 41.001,
62	62	Election Code, that is at least 180 days after the date the election
63	63	was ordered. On qualification of members for office, the board of
64	64	trustees assumes all of the powers and duties assigned to a board of
65	65	trustees by law, rule, or regulation.
66	66	SECTION 4. Subchapter G, Chapter 39, Education Code, as
67	67	amended by this Act, applies only to a monitor, conservator,
68	68	management team, or board of managers of a school district
69	69	appointed on or after the effective date of this Act.
70	70	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
71	71	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
72	72	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
73	73	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
74	74	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.