Bill Text: TX SB2044 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the State Advisory Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-21 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SB2044 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB2044-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 2044 | |
| (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2021; April 1, 2021, read | ||
| first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 23, 2021, | ||
| reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; | ||
| April 23, 2021, sent to printer.) | ||
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| relating to the establishment of the State Advisory Council on | ||
| Educational Opportunity for Military Children. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 162.001, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows: | ||
| (3) "State Advisory Council" means the State Advisory | ||
| Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children | ||
| established under Section 162.006. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 162, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 162.006 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 162.006. STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND COORDINATION. (a) | ||
| The compact commissioner, in coordination with the Texas Education | ||
| Agency, shall establish the State Advisory Council on Educational | ||
| Opportunity for Military Children to provide for coordination among | ||
| state agencies, school districts, and military installations | ||
| concerning the state's participation in and compliance with the | ||
| compact and compact activities, as required by Article VIII of the | ||
| compact. | ||
| (b) The State Advisory Council consists of: | ||
| (1) the commissioner of education or the | ||
| commissioner's designee; | ||
| (2) a superintendent of a school district with a high | ||
| concentration of military children designated by the agency; | ||
| (3) the governor or the governor's designee; | ||
| (4) the chair of the senate committee on education or a | ||
| member of the senate committee on education designated by the | ||
| agency; | ||
| (5) the chair of the house of representatives | ||
| committee on public education or a member of the house of | ||
| representatives committee on public education designated by the | ||
| agency; | ||
| (6) a representative from each branch of the armed | ||
| services of the United States that maintains an installation in the | ||
| state, designated by the agency; and | ||
| (7) representatives of other offices and stakeholder | ||
| groups the agency deems appropriate. | ||
| (c) Members of the State Advisory Council may delegate | ||
| voting authority to another person for a specified meeting or | ||
| meetings. | ||
| (d) Meetings of the State Advisory Council may be conducted | ||
| face-to-face or by telephone or other means of telecommunication or | ||
| electronic communication. | ||
| (e) The State Advisory Council shall: | ||
| (1) meet at least quarterly; and | ||
| (2) provide State Advisory Council meeting dates, | ||
| agendas, minutes, end-of-year reports, and other documentation as | ||
| required to the Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission. | ||
| (f) The State Advisory Council shall perform each function | ||
| or duty required or authorized under Article VIII of the compact. | ||
| (g) The State Advisory Council shall establish policies and | ||
| procedures governing the State Advisory Council's operations. | ||
| (h) The State Advisory Council is a governmental body for | ||
| purposes of Chapter 551, Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 162.005, Education Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
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