bill returns districts to elected boards after takeovers

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89R5008 AMF-D

By: Reynolds
H.B. No. 2533

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the removal of a conservator, board of managers, or

other alternative management of a campus or school district in

certain circumstances.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 39A.051, Education Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, if the

commissioner, based on the performance of a campus, takes action

under Subsection (a)(1) by appointing a conservator or board of

managers or ordering alternative management of the campus or school

district, the board of trustees of the school district shall resume

management of the campus or district, as applicable, if each campus

that was the basis for the action receives an acceptable

performance rating.

SECTION 2. Section 39A.209(a), Education Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(a) Notwithstanding Section 39A.208 and in accordance with

Section 39A.051(c) , the commissioner shall [ may ] remove a board of

managers appointed to govern a school district under Subchapter C

[ only ] if each [ the ] campus that was the basis for the appointment

of the board of managers receives an acceptable performance rating

[ for two consecutive school years ].

SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026

school year.

SECTION 4. 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, 2025.