HBA-MPM H.B. 328 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 328
By: Gallego
Public Education
3/12/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the board of trustees (board) of an independent school district
(ISD), on its own motion, may order trustees of the ISD to be elected from
single-member trustee districts or that no fewer than 70 percent of the
trustees be elected from single-member trustee districts, with the
remainder elected from the district at large.  Smaller ISDs can have
difficulty finding individuals to fill seats in single member districts.
House Bill 328 authorizes a board, if a majority of the ISD is located in a
county with a population of less than 5,000, to order that no fewer than 50
percent of trustees be elected from single member trustee districts, with
the remainder of the trustees elected at large. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 328 amends the Education Code to authorize the board of trustees
of an independent school district located in a county with less than 5,000
people to order that trustees of the district be elected from single-member
trustee districts or that not fewer than 50 percent of the board members be
elected from single-member trustee districts, with the remaining trustees
to be elected from the district at large. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.