HB2533 - Relating to the removal of a conservator, board of managers, or other alternative management of a campus or school district in certain circumstances.

  89R5008 AMF-D     By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2533       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the removal of a conservator, board of managers, or   other alternative management of a campus or school district in   certain circumstances.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 39A.051, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:           (c)     Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, if the   commissioner, based on the performance of a campus, takes action   under Subsection (a)(1) by appointing a conservator or board of   managers or ordering alternative management of the campus or school   district, the board of trustees of the school district shall resume   management of the campus or district, as applicable, if each campus   that was the basis for the action receives an acceptable   performance rating.          SECTION 2.  Section 39A.209(a), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  Notwithstanding Section 39A.208 and in accordance with   Section 39A.051(c) , the commissioner shall [ may ] remove a board of   managers appointed to govern a school district under Subchapter C   [ only ] if each [ the ] campus that was the basis for the appointment   of the board of managers receives an acceptable performance rating   [ for two consecutive school years ].          SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.