| 1 | 1 | | By: Hunter H.B. No. 300 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the composition of the districts for the election of |
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| 7 | 7 | | members of the State Board of Education. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to fulfill |
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| 10 | 10 | | the Legislature's responsibility to establish districts for the |
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| 11 | 11 | | election of members of the State Board of Education following the |
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| 12 | 12 | | publication of the 2020 census in compliance with the United States |
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| 13 | 13 | | and Texas Constitutions and applicable Federal and state law. |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 2. FINDINGS. The Legislature finds: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) Section 7.101, Education Code, requires the |
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| 16 | 16 | | election of members of the board from districts; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) As a result of the estimated rate of growth in the |
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| 18 | 18 | | population of the state since 2011, the populations of the current |
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| 19 | 19 | | districts for the election of members of the board are unequal and |
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| 20 | 20 | | no longer comply with applicable legal requirements; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) The current districts must be replaced following |
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| 22 | 22 | | publication of the decennial census with new districts that satisfy |
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| 23 | 23 | | all applicable legal requirements. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. COMPOSITION OF DISTRICTS. (a) The State of |
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| 25 | 25 | | Texas is composed of 15 board of education districts as provided in |
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| 26 | 26 | | this Act. Each district is composed of the counties or parts of |
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| 27 | 27 | | counties as determined by the Legislature consistent with the |
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| 28 | 28 | | requirements of the United States and Texas Constitutions and |
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| 29 | 29 | | applicable Federal law. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) One member of the board is elected from each district |
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| 31 | 31 | | established by this Act. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) For purposes of Section 7.104, Education Code, this Act |
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| 33 | 33 | | constitutes a decennial reapportionment. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 4. TRANSITION PROVISION. The districts established |
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| 35 | 35 | | by this Act apply to the election of the members of the State Board |
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| 36 | 36 | | of Education beginning with the primary and general elections in |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2022. This Act does not affect the membership or districts of the |
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| 38 | 38 | | board before January 1, 2023. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 5. REPEALER. Chapter 72 (H.B. 600), Acts of the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is repealed. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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| 42 | 42 | | immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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| 43 | 43 | | elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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| 44 | 44 | | Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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| 45 | 45 | | immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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