The bill lengthens the terms of trustees on military reservation school district boards from two years to three years. It touches the trustees the State Board of Education appoints to run schools on military bases. Current members finish their two-year terms, and new or reappointed members serve three-year terms starting September 1, 2025.
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relating to the terms of members of a board of trustees of a
military reservation school district.
WHAT IT DOES
Two years becomes three.
The bill lengthens the terms of trustees on military reservation school district boards from two years to three years. It touches the trustees the State Board of Education appoints to run schools on military bases. Current members finish their two-year terms, and new or reappointed members serve three-year terms starting September 1, 2025.
Relating to the qualifications to serve as a member of a board of trustees of a military reservation school district and rules adopted by the State Board of Education for the governance of a special-purpose district.
Caption, 88R bill history
Sources
Texas House · Filed Mar 3, 2025
03/25/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 25 2025 3:26PM
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Public Education · Final status: Died in committee
Subjects
Education--Primary & Secondary--General
Education--School Districts
Military & Veterans
EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF
Text
The text as introduced · 296 words
89R9603 GP-D
By: Lujan
H.B. No. 3570
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the terms of members of a board of trustees of a
military reservation school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.352(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) For each military reservation school district, the
State Board of Education may appoint a board of three or five
trustees. Enlisted military personnel and military officers may be
appointed to the school board. A majority of the trustees appointed
for the district must be civilians and all may be civilians. The
trustees shall be selected from a list of persons who are qualified
to serve as members of a school district board of trustees under
Section 11.061 and who live on or are employed on the military
reservation. A person who retires from active duty or civilian
service while serving a term as a member of the board of trustees
may continue to serve for the remainder of that person's term. The
list shall be furnished to the board by the commanding officer of
the military reservation. The trustees appointed serve terms of
three [ two ] years.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not
affect the entitlement of a member serving on the board of trustees
of a military reservation school district immediately before the
effective date of this Act to continue to serve for the remainder of
the member's two year term. As the terms of members expire, the
State Board of Education shall appoint or reappoint members to
serve three year terms in accordance with Section 11.352(b),
Education Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.