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calendar days after notice of the proposal has been published
in the Texas Register on December 20, 2019.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY. The amendments are proposed
under Texas Education Code (TEC), 11.159, as amended by
House Bill (HB) 403, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, which re-
quires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to provide a training
course for school board trustees, including one hour of training
every two years, on identifying and reporting potential victims
of sexual abuse, human trafficking, and other maltreatment of
children; TEC, 11.185 and 11.186, as added by HB 3, 86th
Texas Legislature, 2019, which requires each district board of
trustees to adopt proficiency plans and annual goals for early
childhood literacy, mathematics proficiency, and college, career,
and military readiness; and TEC, 11.352, which grants the
SBOE the authority to appoint a board of three or five trustees
for each military reservation district.
CROSS REFERENCE TO STATUTE. The amendments imple-
ment Texas Education Code, 11.159, as amended by HB 403,
86th Texas Legislature, 2019; TEC, 11.185 and 11.186, as
added by HB 3, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019; and TEC, 11.352.
61.1. Continuing Education for School Board Members.
(a) Under the Texas Education Code (TEC), @11.159, the State
Board of Education (SBOE) shall adopt a framework for governance
leadership to be used in structuring continuing education for school
board members. The framework shall be posted to the Texas Educa-
tion Agency (TEA) website and shall be distributed annually by the
president of each board of trustees to all current board members and
the superintendent.
(b) The continuing education required under the TEC,
11.159, applies to each member of an independent school district
board of trustees. [The continuing education requirement eensists of
o entation sessionsan annual team-building session with the leal
beard and the superintendent and speeifed hears of continuing ed-
cation base -nidentified--eeds The -uperintendent paiciipation
in team-building sessions as part of the continuing edeation for
beard members shal resent one cempenent of the superintendent's
ongoing professional deeopment-]
(1) Each school board member of an independent school
district shall complete receivee] a local district orientation [and an ori-
entation to the TEG].
(A) The purpose of the local orientation is to familiar-
ize new board members with local board policies and procedures and
district goals and priorities.
(B) A candidate for school board may complete the
training up to one year before he or she is elected or appointed.
A newly elected or appointed school board member who did not
complete this training in the year preceding his or her election or
appointment must complete the training within 120 calendar days after
election or appointment.
(C) The orientation shall be at least three hours in
length.
(D) The orientation shall address local district practices
in the following, in addition to topics chosen by the local district:
(i) curriculum and instruction;
(ii) business and finance operations;
(iii) district operations;
(iv) superintendent evaluation; and(v) board member roles and responsibilities.
(E) Each board member should be made aware of the
continuing education requirements of this section and those of the fol-
lowing:
(i) open meetings act in Texas Government Code,
@551.005;
(ii) public information act in Texas GovernmentCode, 552.012; and
iii)
2054.5191.cybersecurity in Texas Government Code,
(F) The orientation shall be open to any board member
who chooses to attend.
[(A) Each new board member shal4 pairtiepate in a lo-
ea4 district orientation session within one year before or 42 days after
the board member election or appeintmen- -The purpose of the loeal
orientation is to familiarize new board members with loeal board poli-
eies and procedure& and district goals and priorities- The leeal district
orientation shall be at least three hours in length for each new board
nembe. Any sitting beard member may attend or paitieipate in the lb-
c -al dis t ori The local district o-ritation shall addes local
district practices in the fo14ov ng,,in addition to topie chosen by the
local distriCt+}
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f{( district operations;}
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{fv board member roles and respensibilities-}
{(B) A sitting beard member shallreeeive a basie orien-
tation to the TEG and relevant legal Obligations- The orientatin shall
have special but not exclusive emphasis on statutory proisies related
to govering Teas school districts- The onentation shall be delivered
by regional ed"eation serviee eenters (E&Cs) and shall be no less than
three hours in length- Topie shall include, but not be limited to the
TEGC Ghapter 26 (Parental Rights and Respensibilitie-s) and the ThG,
{2-8-O4w(O-ea4Sehool Health Advisory Gouneil and Health Edueation
Instruction)- A newly elected or appointed beard member of an inde-
pendent schol district shall receive the orientation to the Th within
the fwst 4-Q days of se ee- The orientation to the TEG shal4 be open
to any siting board member who chooses to attend
[(C After each ession of the Texas Legislature, inelud-
ing each regular session and called session related to education each
school beard member shall receive an update from an ESG or any reg-
istee xd erto the basiceonorenti on to the Te7 The udtoe & Tso
shall4 be of sufficient length to familiarize beard mmem-bers- with njo
h-ng-esin the cede and other relevant legal deelopmentT- related t
school governanee- A beard member who has attended an ESG basie
orientation session that incorporates the most recent legislative changes
is not required to attend an update-}
(2) Each school board member of an independent school
district shall complete a basic orientation to the TEC and relevant legal
obligations.
(A) The orientation shall have special, but not exclu-
sive, emphasis on statutory provisions related to governing Texas
school districts.
(B) A candidate for school board may complete the
training up to one year before he or she is elected or appointed.PROPOSED RULES December 20, 2019 44 TexReg 7801
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