83R11970 CAE-F
By: Deuell S.B. No. 1725
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition of employment of a member or former member
of the State Board of Education by an open-enrollment charter
school; providing a penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 7.115 to read as follows:
Sec. 7.115. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT. (a) A
member of the State Board of Education, or a former member of the
State Board of Education before the second anniversary of the date
on which the person last served as a member, may not be employed by
an open-enrollment charter school or any charitable organization
affiliated with an open-enrollment charter school.
(b) A person who violates Subsection (a) commits an offense.
An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. Section 7.115, Education Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to employment that begins on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. 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, 2013.