| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 4210 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the qualifications to serve as a member of a board of |
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| 6 | 6 | | trustees of a military reservation school district and rules |
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| 7 | 7 | | adopted by the State Board of Education for the governance of a |
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| 8 | 8 | | special-purpose district. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Sections 11.352(b) and (c), Education Code, are |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) For each military reservation school district, the |
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| 13 | 13 | | State Board of Education may appoint a board of three or five |
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| 14 | 14 | | trustees. Enlisted military personnel and military officers may be |
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| 15 | 15 | | appointed to the school board. A majority of the trustees appointed |
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| 16 | 16 | | for the district must be civilians and all may be civilians. The |
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| 17 | 17 | | trustees shall be selected from a list of persons who are qualified |
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| 18 | 18 | | to serve as members of a school district board of trustees under |
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| 19 | 19 | | Section 11.061 and who live on or are employed on the military |
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| 20 | 20 | | reservation. A person who retires from active duty or civilian |
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| 21 | 21 | | service while serving a term as a member of the board of trustees |
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| 22 | 22 | | may continue to serve for the remainder of that person's term. The |
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| 23 | 23 | | list shall be furnished to the board by the commanding officer of |
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| 24 | 24 | | the military reservation. The trustees appointed serve terms of |
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| 25 | 25 | | two years. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) The State Board of Education shall [may] adopt rules for |
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| 27 | 27 | | the governance of a special-purpose district. In the absence of a |
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| 28 | 28 | | rule adopted under this subsection, the laws applicable to |
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| 29 | 29 | | independent school districts apply to a special-purpose district. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 31 | 31 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 32 | 32 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 33 | 33 | | I certify that H.B. No. 4210 was passed by the House on May 2, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 9, 3 present, not |
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| 35 | 35 | | voting. |
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| 36 | 36 | | ______________________________ |
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| 37 | 37 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 38 | 38 | | I certify that H.B. No. 4210 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 39 | 39 | | 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 40 | 40 | | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | 41 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 42 | 42 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 43 | 43 | | Date |
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| 44 | 44 | | _____________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | Governor |
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