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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the period of appointment of a board of managers of a |
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school district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 39A.208(a) and (b), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A board of managers shall, during the period of the |
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appointment, order the election of members of the board of trustees |
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of the school district in accordance with applicable provisions of |
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law. The [Except as provided by Subsection (b), the] members of the |
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board of trustees do not assume any powers or duties after the |
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election until the appointment of the board of managers expires. |
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(b) On [Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (c), not |
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later than] the second anniversary of the date the board of managers |
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of a school district was appointed, the [commissioner shall notify |
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the board of managers and the board of trustees of the date on which |
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the] appointment of the board of managers expires [will expire. |
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Following each of the last three years of the period of the |
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appointment, one-third of the members of the board of managers |
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shall be replaced by the number of members of the board of trustees |
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of the district who were elected at an election ordered under |
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Subsection (a) that constitutes, as closely as possible, one-third |
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of the membership of the board of trustees]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39A.255(c), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) Nothing in this section or the following provisions of |
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this chapter may be construed to modify any provision of Subchapter |
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D, Chapter 12, relating to the expiration, nonrenewal, revocation, |
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or modification of the governance of an open-enrollment charter |
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school: |
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(1) Subchapter C; |
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(2) Subchapter D; |
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(3) Section 39A.201(b); |
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(4) Section 39A.206(a); and |
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(5) Section 39A.207[; and |
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[(6) Section 39A.209]. |
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SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Education Code |
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are repealed: |
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(1) Section 39A.208(c); and |
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(2) Section 39A.209. |
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SECTION 4. Section 39A.208, Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies to a board of managers operating on or after the |
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effective date of this Act, regardless of the date on which the |
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board of managers was appointed. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |