85R7008 CAE-D
By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1150
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to duties of a school district board of trustees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.1511(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The board shall:
(1) seek to establish working relationships with other
public entities to make effective use of community resources and to
serve the needs of public school students in the community;
(2) adopt a vision statement and comprehensive goals
for the district and the superintendent and monitor progress toward
those goals;
(3) establish performance goals for the district
concerning:
(A) the academic and fiscal performance
indicators under Subchapters C, D, and J, Chapter 39; and
(B) any performance indicators adopted by the
district;
(4) ensure that the superintendent:
(A) is accountable for achieving performance
results;
(B) recognizes performance accomplishments; and
(C) takes action as necessary to meet performance
goals;
(5) adopt a policy to establish a district- and
campus-level planning and decision-making process as required
under Section 11.251;
(6) publish an annual educational performance report
as required under Section 39.306;
(7) adopt an annual budget for the district as
required under Section 44.004;
(8) adopt a tax rate each fiscal year as required under
Section 26.05, Tax Code;
(9) monitor district finances to ensure that the
superintendent is properly maintaining the district's financial
procedures and records;
(10) ensure that district fiscal accounts are audited
annually as required under Section 44.008;
(11) publish an end-of-year financial report for
distribution to the community;
(12) conduct elections as required by law;
(13) by rule, adopt a process through which district
personnel, students or the parents or guardians of students, and
members of the public may obtain a hearing from the district
administrators and the board regarding a complaint;
(14) make decisions relating to terminating the
employment of district employees employed under a contract to which
Chapter 21 applies, including terminating or not renewing an
employment contract to which that chapter applies; [and]
(15) not later than the 10th day of each month, publish
a district report that includes:
(A) all academic policies of the district;
(B) current details of district finances;
(C) minutes of all board meetings conducted
during the preceding month; and
(D) all plans and objectives under consideration
by the board regarding the district; and
(16) carry out other powers and duties as provided by
this code or other law.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.