Texas Education Code - Section 11.352. Governance Of Special-Purpose District
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§ 11.352. GOVERNANCE OF SPECIAL-PURPOSE DISTRICT. (a)
The State Board of Education shall appoint for each district
established under Section 11.351 a board of three, five, or seven
trustees, as determined by the State Board of Education. A trustee
is not required to be a resident of the district.
(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 or are employed on the military
reservation. The list shall be furnished to the board by the
commanding officer of the military reservation. The trustees
appointed serve terms of two years.
(c) The State Board of Education may adopt rules for the
governance of a special-purpose district. In the absence of a rule
adopted under this subsection, the laws applicable to independent
school districts apply to a special-purpose district.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 982, § 3, eff. Sept. 1,
2001; Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 676, § 1, eff. June 17, 2005.
Section: 11.253 11.254 11.255 11.301 11.302 11.303 11.351 11.352 11.353 11.354 11.355 11.356 12.001 12.0011 12.002
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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