By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1206
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2011;
April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher
Education; May 23, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0;
May 23, 2011, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1206 By: Zaffirini
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training for members of governing boards of public
junior college districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.084, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read
as follows:
(a) The board by rule shall establish a training program for
members of the governing boards of institutions of higher
education. Each member of a governing board of an institution of
higher education [the members of which are appointed] shall attend,
during the member's first two years of service as a member of a
governing board of an institution of higher education, at least one
training program under this section. [A member of a governing board
of an institution of higher education the members of which are
elected may attend a training program conducted under this
section.] A member of a governing board who is required to attend a
training program under this section may[, but need not,] attend
additional training programs under this section.
(e) In addition to the content of the instruction at a
training program required under Subsection (d), topics covered by
the training program for members of a governing board of a public
junior college district must include information about best
practices in campus financial management, financial ratio
analysis, and case studies using financial indicators.
(f) The minutes of the last regular meeting held by a
governing board of a public junior college district during a
calendar year must reflect whether each member of the governing
board has completed any training required to be completed by the
member under this section as of the meeting date.
(g) The board shall provide an equivalent training program
by electronic means in the event a member of governing board is
unable to attend the training program required by this Section.
Completion of the training program by electronic means is deemed to
satisfy the requirements of this Section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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