By: Huberty, Phelan (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 3106
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2015;
May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 2; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the period of time allowed for appointment of a board of
managers for a school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.112, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
follows:
(e) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (f), at [At]
the direction of the commissioner but not later than the second
anniversary of the date the board of managers of a district was
appointed, the board of managers shall order an election of members
of the district board of trustees. The election must be held on a
uniform election date on which an election of district trustees may
be held under Section 41.001, Election Code, that is at least 180
days after the date the election was ordered. On qualification of
members for office, the board of trustees assumes all of the powers
and duties assigned to a board of trustees by law, rule, or
regulation.
(f) If, before the second anniversary of the date the board
of managers of a district was appointed, the commissioner
determines that insufficient progress has been made toward
improving the academic or financial performance of the district,
the commissioner may extend the authority of the board of managers
for a period of up to two additional years.
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, 2015.
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