| 1 | 1 | | 89R10604 AND-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Paul H.B. No. 3656 |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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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 composition of the board of directors of the Texas |
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| 10 | 10 | | School Safety Center. |
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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. Sections 37.203(a) and (b), Education Code, are |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) The center is advised by a board of directors composed |
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| 15 | 15 | | of: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) the attorney general, or the attorney general's |
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| 17 | 17 | | designee; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) the executive director of the Texas Juvenile |
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| 20 | 20 | | Justice Department, or the executive director's designee; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (4) the commissioner of the Department of State Health |
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| 22 | 22 | | Services, or the commissioner's designee; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (5) the commissioner of higher education, or the |
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| 24 | 24 | | commissioner's designee; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (6) the following members appointed by the governor |
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| 26 | 26 | | with the advice and consent of the senate: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (A) a juvenile court judge; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (B) a member of a school district's board of |
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| 29 | 29 | | trustees; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (C) an administrator of a public primary school; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (D) an administrator of a public secondary |
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| 32 | 32 | | school; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (E) a member of the state parent-teacher |
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| 34 | 34 | | association; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (F) a teacher from a public primary or secondary |
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| 36 | 36 | | school; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (G) a public school superintendent who is a |
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| 38 | 38 | | member of the Texas Association of School Administrators; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (H) a school district police officer or a peace |
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| 40 | 40 | | officer whose primary duty consists of working in a public school; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (I) a professional architect who is registered in |
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| 42 | 42 | | this state and a member of the Texas Society of Architects; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (J) an administrator of a public junior college; |
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| 44 | 44 | | and |
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| 45 | 45 | | (K) [(J)] three members of the public. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (b) Members of the board appointed under Subsection (a)(6) |
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| 47 | 47 | | serve staggered two-year terms, with the terms of the members |
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| 48 | 48 | | described by Subsections (a)(6)(A)-(F) expiring on February 1 of |
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| 49 | 49 | | each odd-numbered year and the terms of the members described by |
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| 50 | 50 | | Subsections (a)(6)(G)-(K)[(J)] expiring on February 1 of each |
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| 51 | 51 | | even-numbered year. A member may serve more than one term. |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 2. Not later than February 1, 2026, the governor |
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| 53 | 53 | | shall appoint the new member to the board of directors of the Texas |
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| 54 | 54 | | School Safety Center as required by Section 37.203(a)(6)(J), |
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| 55 | 55 | | Education Code, as amended by this Act. |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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