87R11092 MLH-F
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2044
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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 a
member of the senate committee on education designated by the
agency;
(5) the chair of the house of representatives
committee on public education or a member of the house of
representatives committee on public education designated by the
agency;
(6) a representative from each branch of the armed
services of the United States that maintains an installation in the
state, designated by the agency; 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.