84R3175 CAE-D
By: Aycock H.B. No. 657
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the training requirements for a member of the board of
trustees of a public school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.159, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) A trustee must complete any training required by the
State Board of Education. The trustee must complete the hours of
training required by the State Board of Education for each year of
service. The period for completing required training for the first
year of service begins on the date the trustee took office. Each
subsequent period for completing required training begins on the
anniversary of the date the trustee took office. The minutes of the
last regular meeting of the board of trustees held during a calendar
year must reflect whether each trustee has met or is delinquent in
meeting the training required to be completed as of the date of the
meeting.
(c) If, on the 30th day before the first date a person may
file an application to be a candidate for a place on the board, a
trustee serving a term for the position for which an election is to
be held is not current on completing the training required by
Subsection (b), the board shall publish notice of the trustee's
failure to complete the required training in a newspaper of general
circulation in the district.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.