Texas Education Code - Section 13.155. Status; Governance
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§ 13.155. STATUS; GOVERNANCE. (a) The consolidated
district is an independent school district.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or by a local
consolidation agreement under Section 13.158, the board of trustees
of the school district having the greatest membership on the last
day of the school year preceding the consolidation serves as the
board of trustees of the consolidated district until the next
regular election of trustees, at which time the consolidated
district shall elect a board of trustees.
(c) Except as provided by a local consolidation agreement
under Section 13.158, if the membership on the last day of the
school year preceding the consolidation in the district with the
largest membership is more than five times that of the other
district or districts consolidating with it, the trustees of the
district with the largest membership continue to serve for the
terms for which they have been elected and only the vacancies, as
they occur, are filled from the consolidated district.
(d) The powers, duties, and terms of office of the trustees
are governed by Chapter 11.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, § 10, eff. Sept. 1,
2003.
Section: 13.103 13.104 13.105 13.151 13.152 13.153 13.154 13.155 13.156 13.157 13.158 13.159 13.201 13.202 13.203
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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