By: Creighton	S.B. No. 2619

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the board of trustees and superintendent of a school
	district, including the election of trustees of underperforming
	districts, and the hiring of a superintendent.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 11.0585 to read as follows:
	Sec. 11.0585.  ELECTION OF TRUSTEES OF CERTAIN
	UNDERPERFORMING DISTRICTS. (a) This section applies only to a
	school district that:
	(1)  received an overall performance rating of F under
	Section 39.054 for the preceding two school years; or
	(2)  was designated as rapidly declining under
	Subsection (b) for the current school year.
	(b)  The commissioner shall designate a school district as
	rapidly declining if, during the preceding two school years, the
	district's relative performance percentile ranking assigned under
	Section 39.060 decreased by at least:
	(1)  15 percentage points; or
	(2)  a number of percentage points determined by the
	commissioner.
	(c)  Not later than December 31 following the assignment of
	performance ratings under Section 39.054 or relative performance
	percentile rankings under Section 39.060, the commissioner shall
	notify the board of trustees of each school district to which this
	section applies that this section applies to the district.
	(d)  Notwithstanding any other law, the term of each trustee
	on the board of trustees of a school district to which this section
	applies expires on the date of the first regularly scheduled
	election that occurs before December 31 of the year following the
	year in which notice was received under Subsection (c) and must be
	filled at that election. The trustees elected under this
	subsection shall draw lots for staggered terms as provided by
	Section 11.059.
	(e)  The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
	implement this section.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 11.15125 to read as follows:
	Sec. 11.15125.  REVIEW OF SUPERINTENDENT APPLICANTS. (a)
	Before taking a final action or vote on the employment of an
	applicant for the position of superintendent of a school district,
	the board of trustees of the district shall review the history of
	the academic performance of each school or school system in which
	the applicant has served in a leadership role.
	(b)  The history reviewed under this section must:
	(1)  include the relative performance percentile
	rankings of each applicable school district and open-enrollment
	charter school under Section 39.060; and
	(2)  be made publicly available on the district's
	Internet website during the public notice period described by
	Section 552.126, Government Code, for each applicant who is a
	finalist being considered for the position.
	(c)  The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this
	section.
	SECTION 3.  Section 11.1518, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 11.1518.  TRUSTEE INFORMATION POSTED ON WEBSITE AND
	SUBMITTED TO AGENCY. (a) Each school district [that maintains an
	Internet website] shall post on the district's Internet website the
	name, e-mail address, and term of office, including the date the
	term began and the date the term expires, of each member of the
	district's board of trustees.
	(b)  [If a school district does not maintain an Internet
	website, the district shall submit the information required by
	Subsection (a) to the agency. On receipt of the district's
	information, the agency shall post the information on the agency's
	Internet website.
	[(c)]  Each time there is a change in the membership of a
	school district's board of trustees, the district shall, not later
	than the 30th day after the date a trustee is sworn in, update the
	information required under Subsection (a) and[, as applicable:
	[(1)]  post the updated information on the district's
	Internet website[; or
	[(2)  submit the updated information to the agency for
	posting on the agency's Internet website in accordance with
	Subsection (b)].
	(c)  Each school district shall submit to the agency the
	name, e-mail address, phone number, designation as chair, if
	applicable, and term of office, including the date the term began
	and the date the term expires, of each member of the district's
	board of trustees:
	(1)  annually; and
	(2)  each time there is a change in the membership of
	the board of trustees, not later than the 30th day after the date a
	trustee is sworn in.
	(d)  The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
	implement this section.
	SECTION 4.  Section 11.159, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (d-1), (d-2), and (d-3) to read as follows:
	(d-1)  A regional education service center or another
	authorized provider may not provide training under this section
	until the agency has approved:
	(1)  the provider to provide the training;
	(2)  the content of the training;
	(3)  the manner in which the training is provided; and
	(4)  the location and time of the training.
	(d-2)  The agency may not approve the provision of training
	under this section:
	(1)  by a provider who engages in electioneering or any
	other form of political advocacy for or against any candidate,
	measure, or political party;
	(2)  by a provider, agent of a provider, or entity
	affiliated with a provider that primarily represents political
	subdivisions of this state; or
	(3)  that occurs during a meeting of a professional
	organization of school district employees.
	(d-3)  The agency shall adopt a procedure for the appeal of a
	disapproval of a training by a provider under Subsection (d-1).
	SECTION 5.  Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 12.005 to read as follows:
	Sec. 12.005.  GOVERNING BOARD INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO
	AGENCY. (a) Each holder of a charter to operate a charter school
	under this chapter shall submit to the agency the name, e-mail
	address, phone number, designation as chair, if applicable, and
	term of office, including the date the term began and the date the
	term expires, of each member of the school's governing body:
	(1)  annually; and
	(2)  each time there is a change in the membership of
	the governing body.
	(b)  The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this
	section.
	SECTION 6.  Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 39.060 to read as follows:
	Sec. 39.060.  RELATIVE PERFORMANCE PERCENTILE RANKING. The
	commissioner shall annually assign and publish a relative
	performance percentile ranking of each school district and
	open-enrollment charter school based on the data used for
	evaluating relative performance in the school progress domain under
	Section 39.053(c)(2)(B).
	SECTION 7.  Section 39A.208, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (f) to read
	as follows:
	(a)  Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by
	Subsection (f) [A board of managers shall], during the period of the
	appointment of a board of managers, [order] the election of members
	of the board of trustees of the school district is suspended [in
	accordance with applicable provisions of law]. Except as provided
	by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and (f), the members of the board of
	trustees do not assume any powers or duties after the election until
	the appointment of the board of managers expires.
	(b)  Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (c), not
	later than the second anniversary of the date the board of managers
	of a school district was appointed, the commissioner shall notify
	the board of managers and the board of trustees of the date on which
	the appointment of the board of managers will expire. Following
	each of the last three years of the period of the appointment,
	one-third of the members of the board of managers shall be replaced
	by the number of members of the board of trustees of the district
	who were elected at an election ordered under Subsection (f) [(a)]
	that constitutes, as closely as possible, one-third of the
	membership of the board of trustees.
	(f)  The commissioner shall ensure that the elections of
	trustee positions are ordered in accordance with Subsection (b).
	After an election ordered under this subsection, the commissioner
	shall set staggered terms for the trustees elected and select which
	trustee replaces which manager. If selected by the commissioner, a
	trustee elected under this subsection who has satisfied all legal
	and procedural prerequisites to assuming the office of trustee
	assumes the powers and duties of the office at the first official
	board meeting after the election.
	SECTION 8.  Section 39A.208, Education Code, as amended by
	this Act, applies only to an election ordered on or after the
	effective date of this Act. An election ordered before the
	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
	election was ordered, and the former law is continued in effect for
	that purpose.
	SECTION 9.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.