86R7680 SRS-D
By: Campbell S.B. No. 2258
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to procedures for requiring an independent school district
to conduct an efficiency audit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 11.184 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.184. EFFICIENCY AUDIT. (a) For purposes of this
section, "efficiency audit" means an investigation of the
operations of an independent school district to examine fiscal
management and efficiency.
(b) The board of trustees of an independent school district
shall conduct an efficiency audit if:
(1) a petition requesting the board to conduct an
efficiency audit for the district is:
(A) signed not more than 90 days before the date
of submission by at least 10 percent of the voters who voted in the
most recent election of the board of trustees of the school
district; and
(B) submitted to and verified by the board of
trustees of the school district; and
(2) a majority of the voters voting in the election
under Subsection (c) approve the conducting of the efficiency
audit.
(c) If the board of trustees of an independent school
district determines the petition satisfies the requirements of
Subsection (b)(1)(A) and determines not to conduct an efficiency
audit, the board of trustees shall order an election to be held in
the district on the first uniform election date that allows
sufficient time to comply with other requirements of law.
(d) The ballot in an election to authorize an efficiency
audit under this section shall be printed to permit voting for or
against the proposition: "Requiring _________ Independent School
District to conduct an efficiency audit."
(e) An independent school district shall pay for an
efficiency audit under this section.
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, 2019.