Bill Text: TX SB25 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to public notice and forums concerning finalists for the position of superintendent of a school district.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-01 - Filed [SB25 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB25-Introduced.html
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| By: Gallegos | S.B. No. 25 | |
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| relating to public notice and forums concerning finalists for the | ||
| position of superintendent of a school district. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 11.1514 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 11.1514. SUPERINTENDENT: PUBLIC NOTICE OF FINALISTS | ||
| AND PUBLIC FORUM. (a) In accordance with Section 552.126, | ||
| Government Code, the board of trustees of a school district shall | ||
| give public notice of the name of each finalist the board is | ||
| considering for the position of superintendent of the district. | ||
| (b) A board of trustees considering superintendent | ||
| finalists may hold one or more limited public forums at which, | ||
| except as provided by Subsection (c), each finalist shall speak and | ||
| parents of district students, teachers, and other community members | ||
| may offer relevant information and opinions and ask relevant | ||
| questions of any of the finalists. The board may establish | ||
| procedures for the public forum, including establishment of a | ||
| reasonable maximum time limit for each speaker. | ||
| (c) A finalist is not required to speak at a public forum | ||
| under Subsection (b) if the finalist is absent from the forum | ||
| because of: | ||
| (1) a death in the finalist's family; or | ||
| (2) the illness of the finalist or of an immediate | ||
| family member of the finalist. | ||
| (d) The board shall give public notice of the subject | ||
| matter, time, date, and place of a public forum not later than the | ||
| fifth business day before the date the public forum is to be held. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) If S.B. 602, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 2011, does not become law, Section 552.126, | ||
| Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 552.126. EXCEPTION: NAME OF APPLICANT FOR | ||
| SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The name of an applicant | ||
| for the position of superintendent of a public school district is | ||
| excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021, except that the | ||
| board of trustees must give public notice of the name or names of | ||
| the finalists being considered for the position at least 30 [ |
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| days before the date of the meeting at which a final action or vote | ||
| is to be taken on the employment of the person. | ||
| (b) If S.B. 602, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2011, becomes law, Section 552.126, Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 552.126. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF NAME OF | ||
| APPLICANT FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The name of | ||
| an applicant for the position of superintendent of a public school | ||
| district is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021, | ||
| except that the board of trustees must give public notice of the | ||
| name or names of the finalists being considered for the position at | ||
| least 30 [ |
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| action or vote is to be taken on the employment of the person. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies with | ||
| respect to a meeting held after October 31, 2011, at which the board | ||
| of trustees of a school district is to take a final action or vote on | ||
| the employment of a finalist as superintendent. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
