| 1 | 1 | | 88R8782 BDP-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Sherman, Sr., Talarico, Bhojani, Buckley, H.B. No. 2647 |
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| 3 | 3 | | VanDeaver, et al. |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school |
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| 9 | 9 | | districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the |
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| 10 | 10 | | board. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 11.0512 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 11.0512. STUDENT TRUSTEE. (a) This section applies |
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| 15 | 15 | | only to a school district to which Section 11.0511 does not apply. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) In addition to the number of trustees of a school |
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| 17 | 17 | | district as provided by Section 11.051, the board of trustees of a |
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| 18 | 18 | | school district may appoint a student trustee in the manner and for |
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| 19 | 19 | | a term prescribed by the board. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (c) A student trustee is not a member of the board of |
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| 21 | 21 | | trustees of the school district for which the student is appointed. |
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| 22 | 22 | | A student trustee has the same powers and duties as a member of the |
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| 23 | 23 | | board of trustees, including the right to attend and participate in |
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| 24 | 24 | | open meetings of the board, except that the student trustee: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) may not vote on any matter before the board or make |
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| 26 | 26 | | or second any motion before the board; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) is not counted in determining whether a quorum |
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| 28 | 28 | | exists for a meeting of the board or in determining the outcome of |
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| 29 | 29 | | any vote of the board. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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