By: Johnson H.B. No. 4094
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the governance independent school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.059, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 11.059. TERMS. (a) A trustee of an independent school
district serves a term of three or four years.
(b) Elections for trustees with three-year terms shall be
held annually. The terms of one-third of the trustees, or as near to
one-third as possible, expire each year.
(c) Elections for trustees with four-year terms shall be
held biennially. The terms of one-half of the trustees, or as near
to one-half as possible, expire every two years.
(d) A board policy must state the schedule on which specific
terms expire.
(e) [Not later than December 31, 2011, t]The board of
trustees may adopt a resolution changing the length of the terms of
its trustees. The resolution must provide for staggered terms of
either three or four years and specify the manner in which the
transition from the length of the former term to the modified term
is made. The transition must begin with the first regular election
for trustees that occurs at least 180 days after [January 1, 2012]
adopting the resolution, and a trustee who serves on that date shall
serve the remainder of that term. [This subsection expires January
1, 2017.]
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.