Bill Text: TX SB1385 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the board of trustees of an independent school district and the election of trustees of certain school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to Education [SB1385 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1385-Introduced.html
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By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1385 |
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relating to the powers and duties of the board of trustees of an | ||
independent school district and the election of trustees of certain | ||
school districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.052, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-2) and amending Subsection (d) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b-2) Subsections (a) and (c) do not apply in the case of an | ||
order adopted under this subsection. The board of trustees of an | ||
independent school district with the largest student enrollment in | ||
a county with a population of 3.3 million or more shall order that | ||
trustees of the district are to be elected as follows: | ||
(1) four trustees elected from the district at large; | ||
and | ||
(2) five trustees elected from single-member trustee | ||
districts. | ||
(d) An order of the board adopted under Subsection (a), [ |
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(b), or (b-2) must be entered not later than the 120th day before | ||
the date of the first election at which all or some of the trustees | ||
are elected from single-member trustee districts authorized by the | ||
order. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 11.0582 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11.0582. RESIGNATION FOR CANDIDACY OF ANOTHER OFFICE. | ||
(a) The board of trustees of an independent school district may by | ||
a two-thirds vote adopt a resolution requiring a member of the board | ||
of trustees to resign from the board before running for another | ||
elected office. The board of trustees shall adopt procedures for | ||
implementing this section. | ||
(b) A board of trustees that adopts a requirement under this | ||
section may by a two-thirds vote eliminate the requirement. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 11.162(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) A parent or guardian of a student assigned to attend a | ||
school at which students are required to wear school uniforms may | ||
choose for the student to be exempted from the requirement or to | ||
transfer to a school at which students are not required to wear | ||
uniforms and at which space is available if the parent or guardian | ||
provides a written statement that, as determined by the board of | ||
trustees or the board's designee, states a bona fide religious or | ||
philosophical objection to the requirement. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 28.0214, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.0214. FINALITY OF GRADE. (a) An examination or | ||
course grade issued by a classroom teacher is final and may not be | ||
changed unless the grade is arbitrary, erroneous, or not consistent | ||
with the school district grading policy applicable to the grade, as | ||
determined by the board of trustees, or the board's designee, of the | ||
school district in which the teacher is employed. | ||
(b) A determination by a school district board of trustees, | ||
or the board's designee, under Subsection (a) is not subject to | ||
appeal. This subsection does not prohibit an appeal related to a | ||
student's eligibility to participate in extracurricular activities | ||
under Section 33.081. | ||
SECTION 5. Sections 28.023(a), (b), (c), (c-1), (d), and | ||
(h), Education Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Using guidelines established by the State Board of | ||
Education, a school district shall develop or select for review by | ||
the district board of trustees, or the board's designee, | ||
examinations for acceleration for each primary school grade level | ||
and for credit for secondary school academic subjects. The | ||
guidelines must provide for the examinations to thoroughly test | ||
comprehension of the information presented in the applicable grade | ||
level or subject. The board of trustees or the board's designee | ||
shall approve for each subject, to the extent available, at least | ||
four examinations that satisfy State Board of Education guidelines. | ||
The examinations approved by the board of trustees or the board's | ||
designee must include: | ||
(1) advanced placement examinations developed by the | ||
College Board; and | ||
(2) examinations administered through the | ||
College-Level Examination Program. | ||
(b) A school district shall give a student in a primary | ||
grade level credit for a grade level and advance the student one | ||
grade level on the basis of an examination for acceleration | ||
approved by the board of trustees or the board's designee under | ||
Subsection (a) if: | ||
(1) the student scores in the 80th percentile or above | ||
on each section of the examination; | ||
(2) a district representative recommends that the | ||
student be advanced; and | ||
(3) the student's parent or guardian gives written | ||
approval of the advancement. | ||
(c) A school district shall give a student in grade level | ||
six or above credit for a subject on the basis of an examination for | ||
credit in the subject approved by the board of trustees or the | ||
board's designee under Subsection (a) if the student scores in the | ||
80th percentile or above on the examination or if the student | ||
achieves a score as provided by Subsection (c-1). If a student is | ||
given credit in a subject on the basis of an examination, the | ||
district shall enter the examination score on the student's | ||
transcript and the student is not required to take an end-of-course | ||
assessment instrument adopted under Section 39.023(c) for that | ||
subject. | ||
(c-1) A school district shall give a student in grade level | ||
six or above credit for a subject if the student scores: | ||
(1) a three or higher on an advanced placement | ||
examination approved by the board of trustees or the board's | ||
designee under Subsection (a) and developed by the College Board; | ||
or | ||
(2) a scaled score of 50 or higher on an examination | ||
approved by the board of trustees or the board's designee under | ||
Subsection (a) and administered through the College-Level | ||
Examination Program. | ||
(d) Each district shall administer each examination | ||
approved by the board of trustees or the board's designee under | ||
Subsection (a) not fewer than four times each year, at times to be | ||
determined by the State Board of Education. | ||
(h) This subsection applies only to a school district | ||
surrounded by a school district described by Section | ||
11.065(a). Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a | ||
school district's board of trustees, or the board's designee, may | ||
establish a minimum required score for each section of an | ||
examination for acceleration or an examination for credit approved | ||
by the board or the board's designee under Subsection (a) that is | ||
higher than the minimum required scores under Subsections (b) and | ||
(c), respectively. A minimum required score established by a board | ||
of trustees or the board's designee under this subsection: | ||
(1) may be no greater than a score in the 90th | ||
percentile; | ||
(2) must be established before the beginning of a | ||
school year for examinations to be administered in the school year; | ||
and | ||
(3) must apply for at least the entire school year. | ||
SECTION 6. Sections 29.089(c) and (d), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
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consent of a student's parent or guardian before allowing the | ||
student to participate in the program. | ||
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any public or nonprofit community-based organization to come to the | ||
district's schools and implement the program. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 29.183, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29.183. CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL | ||
PROGRAMS. (a) A [ |
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conduct and supervise career and technology classes and other | ||
educational programs for students and for other persons of all ages | ||
and spend local maintenance funds for the cost of those classes and | ||
programs. | ||
(b) In developing a career and technology program, the | ||
district [ |
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career and technology education required under Section 29.182. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 54.363(f), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(f) The board of trustees, or the board's designee, of a | ||
school district shall establish a plan to encourage the hiring of | ||
educational aides who show a willingness to become certified | ||
teachers. | ||
SECTION 9. The board of trustees of a school district to | ||
which Section 11.052(b-2), Education Code, as added by this Act, | ||
applies shall adopt an order as required by that subsection not | ||
later than December 31, 2019. | ||
SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |