By: Eltife S.B. No. 550
(In the Senate - Filed February 8, 2011; February 28, 2011,
read first time and referred to Select Committee on Open
Government; March 31, 2011, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; March 31, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the required public notice of the names of a certain
number of finalists for the position of superintendent of a public
school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.126, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 552.126. EXCEPTION: NAME OF APPLICANT FOR
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. (a) Except as provided
by Subsection (b), the [The] name of an applicant for the position
of superintendent of a public school district is excepted from the
requirements of Section 552.021.
(b) At[, except that the board of trustees must give public
notice of the name or names of the finalists being considered for
the position at] least 21 days before the date of the meeting at
which a final action or vote is to be taken on the employment of an
applicant for the position of superintendent of a public school
district, the board of trustees must give public notice of:
(1) the names of at least three finalists being
considered for the position, if the board of trustees interviewed
three people or more during the final round of interviews for the
position; or
(2) the name or names of all the finalists being
considered for the position, if the board of trustees interviewed
not more than two people during the final round of interviews for
the position.
(c) Before the public notice required by Subsection (b) is
posted, the board of trustees must give an applicant whose name will
be included in the public notice an opportunity to withdraw from
consideration for the position [the person].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
with respect to notice of a meeting held on or after October 1,
2011. A notice of a meeting held before that date is governed by the
law in effect on the date the notice is given, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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