H.B. No. 3932
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of the State Advisory Council on
Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 162.001, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows:
(3) "State Advisory Council" means the State Advisory
Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
established under Section 162.006.
SECTION 2. Chapter 162, Education Code, is amended by
adding Section 162.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 162.006. STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND COORDINATION. (a)
The compact commissioner, in coordination with the Texas Education
Agency, shall establish the State Advisory Council on Educational
Opportunity for Military Children to provide for coordination among
state agencies, school districts, and military installations
concerning the state's participation in and compliance with the
compact and compact activities, as required by Article VIII of the
compact.
(b) The State Advisory Council consists of:
(1) the commissioner of education or the
commissioner's designee;
(2) a superintendent of a school district with a high
concentration of military children designated by the agency;
(3) the governor or the governor's designee;
(4) the chair of the senate committee on education or
the chair's designee;
(5) the chair of the house of representatives
committee on public education or the chair's designee;
(6) a representative from each branch of the armed
services of the United States that maintains an installation in the
state, appointed by each respective branch; and
(7) representatives of other offices and stakeholder
groups the agency deems appropriate.
(c) Members of the State Advisory Council may delegate
voting authority to another person for a specified meeting or
meetings.
(d) Meetings of the State Advisory Council may be conducted
face-to-face or by telephone or other means of telecommunication or
electronic communication.
(e) The State Advisory Council shall:
(1) meet at least quarterly; and
(2) provide State Advisory Council meeting dates,
agendas, minutes, end-of-year reports, and other documentation as
required to the Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission.
(f) The State Advisory Council shall perform each function
or duty required or authorized under Article VIII of the compact.
(g) The State Advisory Council shall establish policies and
procedures governing the State Advisory Council's operations.
(h) The State Advisory Council is a governmental body for
purposes of Chapter 551, Government Code.
SECTION 3. Section 162.005, Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3932 was passed by the House on May
11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 111, Nays 32, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3932 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 27,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3932 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 21, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor