HB3656 - Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center.

  89R10604 AND-F     By: Paul H.B. No. 3656       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas   School Safety Center.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 37.203(a) and (b), Education Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The center is advised by a board of directors composed   of:                (1)  the attorney general, or the attorney general's   designee;                (2)  the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee;                (3)  the executive director of the Texas Juvenile   Justice Department, or the executive director's designee;                (4)  the commissioner of the Department of State Health   Services, or the commissioner's designee;                (5)  the commissioner of higher education, or the   commissioner's designee; and                (6)  the following members appointed by the governor   with the advice and consent of the senate:                      (A)  a juvenile court judge;                      (B)  a member of a school district's board of   trustees;                      (C)  an administrator of a public primary school;                      (D)  an administrator of a public secondary   school;                      (E)  a member of the state parent-teacher   association;                      (F)  a teacher from a public primary or secondary   school;                      (G)  a public school superintendent who is a   member of the Texas Association of School Administrators;                      (H)  a school district police officer or a peace   officer whose primary duty consists of working in a public school;                      (I)  a professional architect who is registered in   this state and a member of the Texas Society of Architects;                       (J)  an administrator of a public junior college;   and                       (K)  [ (J) ]  three members of the public.          (b)  Members of the board appointed under Subsection (a)(6)   serve staggered two-year terms, with the terms of the members   described by Subsections (a)(6)(A)-(F) expiring on February 1 of   each odd-numbered year and the terms of the members described by   Subsections (a)(6)(G)- (K) [ (J) ] expiring on February 1 of each   even-numbered year.  A member may serve more than one term.          SECTION 2.  Not later than February 1, 2026, the governor   shall appoint the new member to the board of directors of the Texas   School Safety Center as required by Section 37.203(a)(6)(J),   Education Code, as amended by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.