84R14317 KSD-F
By: Sheffield H.B. No. 1256
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1256:
By: Turner of Tarrant C.S.H.B. No. 1256
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the selection process for student members of the board
of regents of a state university or state university system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.355(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (f), not later than
November 1 of each year, the student government of each general
academic teaching institution and medical and dental unit in a
university system shall solicit applicants for appointment to the
next regular term of the position of student regent. Not later than
January 1, from among the applications received by the student
government, the student government shall select five applicants as
the student government's recommendations for the position of
student regent and send the applications of those applicants to the
chancellor of the university system. From among those applicants,
the chancellor shall select two or more applicants as the
university system's recommendations for the position of student
regent and shall send the applications of those applicants to the
governor not later than February 1. The governor may request to
review all applications for the position of student regent received
by the student governments and may request an applicant to submit
additional information to the governor. On June 1, or as soon
thereafter as practicable, the governor shall appoint one of the
applicants to serve as the student regent for the system for a
one-year term expiring on the next May 31. The governor is not
required to appoint an applicant recommended by the chancellor, but
may not appoint a student regent who did not submit an application
to the student government of a general academic teaching
institution or medical and dental unit in the system as described by
this subsection.
SECTION 2. Section 51.356(d), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) Not later than November 1 of each year, the student
government of the general academic teaching institution shall
solicit applicants for appointment to the next regular term of the
position of student regent. Not later than January 1, from among
the applications received by the student government, the student
government shall select five applicants as the student government's
recommendations for the position of student regent and send the
applications of those applicants to the president of the
institution. From among those applicants, the president shall
select two or more applicants as the institution's recommendations
for the position of student regent and shall send the applications
of those applicants to the governor not later than February 1. The
governor may request to review all applications for the position of
student regent received by the student government and may request
an applicant to submit additional information to the governor. On
June 1, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the governor shall
appoint one of the applicants to serve as the student regent for the
institution for a one-year term expiring on the next May 31. The
governor is not required to appoint an applicant recommended by the
president, but may not appoint a student regent who did not submit
an application to the student government of the institution as
described by this subsection.
SECTION 3. Sections 51.355(c) and 51.356(d), Education
Code, as amended by this Act, are intended only to clarify existing
law with respect to the appointment of student members of the board
of regents of a state university or state university system.
SECTION 4. 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, 2015.