82R13921 CAS-D
By: Carter H.B. No. 3625
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a task force on school district administrative
efficiency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 11.0031 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.0031. TASK FORCE ON ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY. (a)
A task force shall be established to review and analyze agency data
collected from school districts on the costs of district
administrative services and to determine how school district
administration may be made more efficient through administrative
reorganization and consolidation.
(b) The task force shall be composed of seven members as
follows:
(1) three members appointed by the governor as
follows:
(A) a parent of a public school student in this
state;
(B) a business person with professional
experience relating to reorganization and modernization of a
private or public organization; and
(C) a retired superintendent of a school district
in this state;
(2) two members appointed by the lieutenant governor
as follows:
(A) a retired principal of a public school in
this state or a retired superintendent of a school district in this
state; and
(B) a person with not less than 10 years of
classroom teaching experience in a public school in this state; and
(3) two members appointed by the speaker of the house
of representatives as follows:
(A) a person employed by or otherwise associated
with an institution of higher education in this state who has an
academic degree or other background in economics, finance,
accounting, or business; and
(B) a person with professional experience
relating to reorganization and modernization of a private or public
organization or a retired superintendent of a school district in
this state.
(c) Appointments to the task force shall be made not later
than October 1, 2011.
(d) The first meeting of the task force shall be held not
later than November 1, 2011, at the call of the governor. At that
meeting, the members shall elect a presiding officer from among the
members.
(e) After the first meeting, meetings of the task force
shall be at the call of the presiding officer as necessary to
accomplish the goals of the task force.
(f) If a vacancy occurs on the task force, the vacancy shall
be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment.
(g) The agency, the house of representatives, and the senate
shall provide staff support for the task force.
(h) A member of the task force is not entitled to
compensation for service on the task force but is entitled to
reimbursement for travel expenses as provided by Chapter 660,
Government Code, and the General Appropriations Act.
(i) Not later than December 1, 2012, the task force shall
submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the
house of representatives, and the presiding officer of each
legislative standing committee with primary jurisdiction over
primary and secondary education or state fiscal appropriations
recommendations concerning how school district administration may
be made more efficient through administrative reorganization and
consolidation.
(j) This section expires January 1, 2013.
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, 2011.