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1	1	2025S0229-1 03/12/25
2	2	By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 2822
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the election of the board of trustees of certain school
10	10	districts and the powers and duties of the board of trustees of
11	11	school districts.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 11.052, Education Code, is amended by
14	14	adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (d) to read as
15	15	follows:
16	16	(b-1) Subsections (a) and (c) do not apply in the case of an
17	17	order adopted under this subsection. The board of trustees of an
18	18	independent school district with the largest student enrollment in
19	19	a county with a population of 3.3 million or more shall order that
20	20	trustees of the district are to be elected as follows:
21	21	(1) four trustees elected from the district at large;
22	22	and
23	23	(2) five trustees elected from single-member trustee
24	24	districts.
25	25	(d) An order of the board adopted under Subsection (a), [or]
26	26	(b), or (b-1) must be entered not later than the 120th day before
27	27	the date of the first election at which all or some of the trustees
28	28	are elected from single-member trustee districts authorized by the
29	29	order.
30	30	SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
31	31	amended by adding Section 11.0582 to read as follows:
32	32	Sec. 11.0582. RESIGNATION FOR CANDIDACY OF ANOTHER
33	33	OFFICE. (a) The board of trustees of an independent school
34	34	district may by a two-thirds vote adopt a resolution requiring a
35	35	member of the board of trustees to resign from the board before
36	36	running for another elected office. The board of trustees shall
37	37	adopt procedures for implementing this section.
38	38	(b) A board of trustees that adopts a requirement under this
39	39	section may by a two-thirds vote eliminate the requirement.
40	40	SECTION 3. Section 11.162(c), Education Code, is amended to
41	41	read as follows:
42	42	(c) A parent or guardian of a student assigned to attend a
43	43	school at which students are required to wear school uniforms may
44	44	choose for the student to be exempted from the requirement or to
45	45	transfer to a school at which students are not required to wear
46	46	uniforms and at which space is available if the parent or guardian
47	47	provides a written statement that, as determined by the board of
48	48	trustees or the board's designee, states a bona fide religious or
49	49	philosophical objection to the requirement.
50	50	SECTION 4. Section 28.0214, Education Code, is amended to
51	51	read as follows:
52	52	Sec. 28.0214. FINALITY OF GRADE. (a) An examination or
53	53	course grade issued by a classroom teacher is final and may not be
54	54	changed unless the grade is arbitrary, erroneous, or not consistent
55	55	with the school district grading policy applicable to the grade, as
56	56	determined by the board of trustees or the board's designee of the
57	57	school district in which the teacher is employed.
58	58	(b) A determination by a school district board of trustees
59	59	or the board's designee under Subsection (a) is not subject to
60	60	appeal. This subsection does not prohibit an appeal related to a
61	61	student's eligibility to participate in extracurricular activities
62	62	under Section 33.081.
63	63	SECTION 5. Sections 28.023(a), (b), (c), (c-1), (d), and
64	64	(h), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
65	65	(a) Using guidelines established by the State Board of
66	66	Education, a school district shall develop or select for review by
67	67	the district board of trustees or the board's designee examinations
68	68	for acceleration for each primary school grade level and for credit
69	69	for secondary school academic subjects. The guidelines must
70	70	provide for the examinations to thoroughly test comprehension of
71	71	the information presented in the applicable grade level or
72	72	subject. The board of trustees or the board's designee shall
73	73	approve for each subject, to the extent available, at least four
74	74	examinations that satisfy State Board of Education
75	75	guidelines. The examinations approved by the board of trustees or
76	76	the board's designee must include:
77	77	(1) advanced placement examinations developed by the
78	78	College Board; and
79	79	(2) examinations administered through the
80	80	College-Level Examination Program.
81	81	(b) A school district shall give a student in a primary
82	82	grade level credit for a grade level and advance the student one
83	83	grade level on the basis of an examination for acceleration
84	84	approved by the board of trustees or the board's designee under
85	85	Subsection (a) if:
86	86	(1) the student scores in the 80th percentile or above
87	87	on each section of the examination;
88	88	(2) a district representative recommends that the
89	89	student be advanced; and
90	90	(3) the student's parent or guardian gives written
91	91	approval of the advancement.
92	92	(c) A school district shall give a student in grade level
93	93	six or above credit for a subject on the basis of an examination for
94	94	credit in the subject approved by the board of trustees or the
95	95	board's designee under Subsection (a) if the student scores in the
96	96	80th percentile or above on the examination or if the student
97	97	achieves a score as provided by Subsection (c-1). If a student is
98	98	given credit in a subject on the basis of an examination, the
99	99	district shall enter the examination score on the student's
100	100	transcript and the student is not required to take an end-of-course
101	101	assessment instrument adopted under Section 39.023(c) for that
102	102	subject.
103	103	(c-1) A school district shall give a student in grade level
104	104	six or above credit for a subject if the student scores:
105	105	(1) a three or higher on an advanced placement
106	106	examination approved by the board of trustees or the board's
107	107	designee under Subsection (a) and developed by the College Board;
108	108	or
109	109	(2) a scaled score of 50 or higher on an examination
110	110	approved by the board of trustees or the board's designee under
111	111	Subsection (a) and administered through the College-Level
112	112	Examination Program.
113	113	(d) Each district shall administer each examination
114	114	approved by the board of trustees or the board's designee under
115	115	Subsection (a) not fewer than four times each year, at times to be
116	116	determined by the State Board of Education.
117	117	(h) This subsection applies only to a school district
118	118	surrounded by a school district described by Section
119	119	11.065(a). Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a
120	120	school district's board of trustees or the board's designee may
121	121	establish a minimum required score for each section of an
122	122	examination for acceleration or an examination for credit approved
123	123	by the board or the board's designee under Subsection (a) that is
124	124	higher than the minimum required scores under Subsections (b) and
125	125	(c), respectively. A minimum required score established by a board
126	126	of trustees or the board's designee under this subsection:
127	127	(1) may be no greater than a score in the 90th
128	128	percentile;
129	129	(2) must be established before the beginning of a
130	130	school year for examinations to be administered in the school year;
131	131	and
132	132	(3) must apply for at least the entire school year.
133	133	SECTION 6. Sections 29.089(c) and (d), Education Code, are
134	134	amended to read as follows:
135	135	(c) The [board of trustees of the] district shall obtain the
136	136	consent of a student's parent or guardian before allowing the
137	137	student to participate in the program.
138	138	(d) The [board of trustees of the] district may arrange for
139	139	any public or nonprofit community-based organization to come to the
140	140	district's schools and implement the program.
141	141	SECTION 7. Section 29.183, Education Code, is amended to
142	142	read as follows:
143	143	Sec. 29.183. CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL
144	144	PROGRAMS. (a) A [The board of trustees of a] school district may
145	145	conduct and supervise career and technology classes and other
146	146	educational programs for students and for other persons of all ages
147	147	and spend local maintenance funds for the cost of those classes and
148	148	programs.
149	149	(b) In developing a career and technology program, the
150	150	district [board of trustees] shall consider the state plan for
151	151	career and technology education required under Section 29.182.
152	152	SECTION 8. Section 54.363(f), Education Code, is amended to
153	153	read as follows:
154	154	(f) The board of trustees or the board's designee of a
155	155	school district shall establish a plan to encourage the hiring of
156	156	educational aides who show a willingness to become certified
157	157	teachers.
158	158	SECTION 9. The board of trustees of a school district to
159	159	which Section 11.052(b-1), Education Code, as added by this Act,
160	160	applies shall adopt an order as required by that subsection not
161	161	later than December 31, 2025.
162	162	SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.