Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) For
purposes of this section, "commanding officer" is defined as the officer who is
assigned to serve physically on the installation or military reservation on
which the military reservation school district is located and who provides
leadership for the functional support of and contingency or emergency
coordination for the military reservation school district. (Perez-Diaz/Pickren)
Adopted.
(b) In nominating trustee
candidates for military reservation school districts, the commanding officer of
the military reservation shall do the following:
(1) submit a list to the commissioner of
education with at least one nominee for each vacancy. A majority of the
trustees appointed to the school board must be civilian, and all may be
civilian. When two or more vacancies occur simultaneously, a list of at least
one nominee for each vacancy shall be submitted. In cases when the commanding
officer wishes to reappoint existing board members, a list of at least one
nominee for each vacancy must still be submitted. Nominees not selected for
existing vacancies may be resubmitted as candidates for subsequent vacancies.
The commanding officer may rank in the order of preference the nominees
submitted for each vacancy;
(2)
submit a statement that verifies that each of the nominees is qualified under
the general school laws of Texas and lives or is employed on the military
reservation;
(3) submit a copy of a
current biographical vita (resume) for each nominee, with a signature by the
nominee attesting truth to the contents of the biographical vita;
(4) submit a statement from each nominee that
expresses the nominee's willingness to accept appointment and to serve in such
a capacity with full adherence to the state-established standards on the duties
and responsibilities of school board members;
(5) submit a signed statement that expresses
recognition of the powers of the board of trustees to govern and manage the
operations of the military reservation school districts;
(6) submit a signed statement regarding the
governance and management operations of the district that expresses recognition
that the role of the commanding officer of the military reservation is limited
only to the duty defined by statute in the process for appointing members of
the board of trustees; and
(7)
submit a statement that the membership composition of the entire board of
trustees is in full compliance with the provisions of the Texas Education Code
(TEC), §11.352.
(c)
In nominating trustee candidates for the Boys Ranch Independent School District
(ISD), the president and chief executive officer of the Cal Farley's Boys Ranch
shall do the following:
(1) submit a name to
the commissioner for each vacancy. When two or more vacancies occur
simultaneously, a name for each vacancy shall be submitted. In cases when the
president and chief executive officer wishes to reappoint existing board
members, the name of the existing board member for each vacancy must still be
submitted;
(2) submit a statement
that verifies that each of the nominees is qualified under the general school
laws of Texas;
(3) submit a copy of
a current biographical vita (resume) for each of the nominees, with a signature
by the nominee attesting truth to the contents of the biographical
vita;
(4) submit a statement from
each of the nominees that expresses the nominee's willingness to accept
appointment and to serve in such a capacity with full adherence to the
state-established standards on the duties and responsibilities of school board
members;
(5) submit a signed
statement that expresses recognition of the powers of the board of trustees to
govern and manage the operations of the Boys Ranch ISD;
(6) submit a signed statement regarding the
governance and management operations of the district that expresses recognition
that the role of the superintendent is in full compliance with the provisions
of the TEC, §11.201; and
(7)
submit a statement that the membership composition of the entire board of
trustees is in full compliance with the provisions of the TEC,
§11.352.
(d) A
member of a board of trustees appointed under the TEC, §11.352, and this
section will serve a term of two years. A member of the board of trustees, who
during the period of the term of office resigns from office or experiences a
change of status that disqualifies such member for appointment under the
provisions of the TEC, shall become ineligible to serve at the time of the
change of status. A board vacancy resulting from such resignation or
disqualification shall be filled in accordance with the procedures established
under the TEC, §11.352, and this section.
(e) Notwithstanding subsection (d) of this
section, a trustee of a military reservation school district appointed under
this section who retires from active duty or civilian service while serving as
a member of the board of trustees may continue to serve for the remainder of
his or her term.
