By: Middleton S.B. No. 413
(In the Senate - Filed November 21, 2024; February 3, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government;
March 17, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 17, 2025,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 413 By: Paxton
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the meetings of the boards of trustees of independent
school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.0621, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 11.0621. MEETINGS. (a) The minutes[, certified
agenda, or recording, as applicable,] of a regular or special
meeting of the board of trustees must reflect each member's:
(1) attendance at or absence from the meeting; and
(2) vote on any item that is voted on by the board at
the meeting.
(b) The board of trustees shall post on the district's
Internet website:
(1) the minutes described by Subsection (a) not later
than the seventh day after the date of a meeting at which a quorum of
the board is present and voting; and
(2) any resolution adopted by the board not later than
the seventh day after the date of the meeting at which the
resolution was adopted.
(c) The board of trustees shall make a recording of each
regular or special meeting of the board.
(d) The minutes and [or tape] recording of an open meeting
must be accessible to the public in accordance with Section
551.022, Government Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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