| 1 | 1 | | 89R5008 AMF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2533 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the removal of a conservator, board of managers, or |
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| 10 | 10 | | other alternative management of a campus or school district in |
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| 11 | 11 | | certain circumstances. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 39A.051, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 14 | 14 | | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (c) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, if the |
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| 16 | 16 | | commissioner, based on the performance of a campus, takes action |
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| 17 | 17 | | under Subsection (a)(1) by appointing a conservator or board of |
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| 18 | 18 | | managers or ordering alternative management of the campus or school |
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| 19 | 19 | | district, the board of trustees of the school district shall resume |
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| 20 | 20 | | management of the campus or district, as applicable, if each campus |
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| 21 | 21 | | that was the basis for the action receives an acceptable |
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| 22 | 22 | | performance rating. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 39A.209(a), Education Code, is amended |
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| 24 | 24 | | to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) Notwithstanding Section 39A.208 and in accordance with |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 39A.051(c), the commissioner shall [may] remove a board of |
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| 27 | 27 | | managers appointed to govern a school district under Subchapter C |
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| 28 | 28 | | [only] if each [the] campus that was the basis for the appointment |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the board of managers receives an acceptable performance rating |
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| 30 | 30 | | [for two consecutive school years]. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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| 32 | 32 | | school year. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 34 | 34 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 35 | 35 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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