bill moving school board elections to November

The text as introduced · 646 words

89R8063 TSS-D

By: Toth
H.B. No. 2670

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the administration of an election for a member of a

board of trustees of an independent school district.

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

SECTION 1. Section 11.0581(a), Education Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(a) An election for trustees of an independent school

district shall be held on the same date as [ :

[ (1) the election for the members of the governing

body of a municipality located in the school district;

[ (2) ] the general election for state and county

officers [ ;

[ (3) the election for the members of the governing

body of a hospital district, if the school district:

[ (A) is wholly or partly located in a county with

a population of less than 50,000 that is adjacent to a county with a

population of more than three million; and

[ (B) held its election for trustees jointly with

the election for the members of the governing body of the hospital

district before May 2007; or

[ (4) the election for the members of the governing

board of a public junior college district in which the school

district is wholly or partly located ].

SECTION 2. Sections 11.059(a), (b), (c), and (d), Education

Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) A trustee of an independent school district serves a

term of [ three or ] four years.

(b) [ Elections for trustees with three-year terms shall be

held annually. The terms of one-third of the trustees, or as near

to one-third as possible, expire each year.

[ (c) ] Elections for trustees [ with four-year terms ] shall

be held biennially. The terms of one-half of the trustees, or as

near to one-half as possible, expire every two years.

(c) [ (d) ] A board policy must state the schedule on which

specific terms expire.

SECTION 3. Section 11.065(a), Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(a) Sections 11.052(g) and (h) [ and Sections 11.059(a) and

(b) ] do not apply to the board of trustees of a school district if:

(1) the district's central administrative office is

located in a county with a population of more than 2.5 million; and

(2) the district's student enrollment is more than

125,000 and less than 200,000.

SECTION 4. Section 41.0052(a-1), Election Code, as added by

Chapter 985 (S.B. 2620), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular

Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows:

(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a municipality [ ,

independent school district, ] or hospital district wholly or partly

located in a county with a population of more than 19,900 and less

than 20,000 that holds its general election for officers on a date

other than the November uniform election date may change the date on

which it holds its general election for officers to the November

uniform election date.

SECTION 5. Section 41.0052, Election Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:

(a-2) The governing body of an independent school district

that holds its general election for officers on a date other than

the date of the general election for state and county officers

shall, not later than December 31, 2025, change the date on which

the governing body holds its general election for officers to that

date. This subsection expires January 1, 2029.

SECTION 6. The following provisions are repealed:

(1) Sections 11.059(e), (f), and (g), Education Code;

and

(2) Section 41.0052(a-1), Election Code, as added by

Chapter 1160 (S.B. 1131), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular

Session, 2023.

SECTION 7. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails

over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,

relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted

codes.

SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.