Bill Text: TX HB3796 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the transfer of territory between junior college district service areas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Higher Education [HB3796 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3796-Introduced.html
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By: Bell | H.B. No. 3796 |
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relating to the transfer of territory between junior college | ||
district service areas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 130, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 130.1615 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 130.1615. TRANSFER OF SCHOOL DISTRICT TO NEW SERVICE | ||
AREA. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, | ||
the board of trustees of an independent school district by | ||
resolution may transfer the territory of the school district from | ||
the service area of one junior college district to the service area | ||
of another junior college district if: | ||
(1) the board of trustees finds that another junior | ||
college district is willing to provide service to the residents of | ||
the school district and: | ||
(A) offers more affordable services; | ||
(B) offers a broader or more relevant selection | ||
of courses or programs; or | ||
(C) is otherwise better suited to meet the needs | ||
of the residents of the school district; and | ||
(2) the territory included in the service areas of the | ||
affected junior college districts is contiguous. | ||
(b) A transfer under this section does not affect the | ||
territory of an independent school district that is located within | ||
the boundaries of the taxing district of a junior college district. | ||
(c) A junior college district may continue to treat an area | ||
removed from the district's service area under this section as if | ||
the area were still in the district's service area during the first | ||
academic year following the adoption of the resolution as necessary | ||
to avoid an unreasonable interruption of junior college services in | ||
the area. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |