85R2882 JRJ-D
By: Bell H.B. No. 3796
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the transfer of territory between junior college
district service areas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 130, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 130.1615 to read as follows:
Sec. 130.1615. TRANSFER OF SCHOOL DISTRICT TO NEW SERVICE
AREA. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
the board of trustees of an independent school district by
resolution may transfer the territory of the school district from
the service area of one junior college district to the service area
of another junior college district if:
(1) the board of trustees finds that another junior
college district is willing to provide service to the residents of
the school district and:
(A) offers more affordable services;
(B) offers a broader or more relevant selection
of courses or programs; or
(C) is otherwise better suited to meet the needs
of the residents of the school district; and
(2) the territory included in the service areas of the
affected junior college districts is contiguous.
(b) A transfer under this section does not affect the
territory of an independent school district that is located within
the boundaries of the taxing district of a junior college district.
(c) A junior college district may continue to treat an area
removed from the district's service area under this section as if
the area were still in the district's service area during the first
academic year following the adoption of the resolution as necessary
to avoid an unreasonable interruption of junior college services in
the area.
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, 2017.