Bill Text: TX SB1294 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to election of professional staff representatives to certain school district planning and decision-making committees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-16 - Left pending in committee [SB1294 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1294-Engrossed.html
By: Buckingham, Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1294 |
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relating to election of professional staff representatives to | ||
certain school district planning and decision-making committees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.251, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(e) The board shall adopt a procedure, consistent with | ||
Subsection (e-1) and Section 21.407(a), for the professional staff | ||
in the district to nominate and elect the professional staff | ||
representatives who shall meet with the board or the board designee | ||
as required under this section. At least two-thirds of the elected | ||
professional staff representatives must be classroom teachers. The | ||
remaining staff representatives shall include both campus- and | ||
district-level professional staff members. If practicable, the | ||
committee membership shall include at least one professional staff | ||
representative with the primary responsibility for educating | ||
students with disabilities. Board policy must provide procedures | ||
for: | ||
(1) the selection of parents to the district-level and | ||
campus-level committees; and | ||
(2) the selection of community members and business | ||
representatives to serve on the district-level committee in a | ||
manner that provides for appropriate representation of the | ||
community's diversity. | ||
(e-1) The procedure for the election of professional staff | ||
representatives to a campus-level or district-level committee | ||
under Subsection (e): | ||
(1) must provide for appropriate and inclusive | ||
representation of the district's professional staff; and | ||
(2) may not limit eligibility for election to members | ||
of a single professional association or organization. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. 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. |