88R12679 JES-D
By: Lujan H.B. No. 4210
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment and terms of members of a board of
trustees of a military reservation school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.352(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) For each military reservation school district, the
State Board of Education may appoint a board of three or five
trustees. Enlisted military personnel and military officers may be
appointed to the school board. A majority of the trustees appointed
for the district must be civilians and all may be civilians. The
trustees shall be selected from a list of persons who are qualified
to serve as members of a school district board of trustees under
Section 11.061 and who live on or are employed on the military
reservation. A person who retires from active duty or civilian
service while serving a term as a member of the board of trustees
may continue to serve for the remainder of that person's term. The
list shall be furnished to the board by the [commanding] officer who
is assigned to serve physically on the installation or military
reservation on which the military reservation school district is
located and who provides leadership for the functional support of
and contingency or emergency coordination for the military
reservation school district [of the military reservation]. The
trustees appointed serve terms of three [two] years.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not
affect the entitlement of a member serving on the board of trustees
of a military reservation school district immediately before the
effective date of this Act to continue to serve for the remainder of
the member's two year term. As the terms of members expire, the
State Board of Education shall appoint or reappoint members to
serve three year terms in accordance with Section 11.352(b),
Education Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.