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  89R6125 BCH-F     By: West S.B. No. 940       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school   districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the   board.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 11.0512 to read as follows:           Sec.   11.0512.     STUDENT TRUSTEE.   (a)   This section applies   only to a school district to which Section 11.0511 does not apply.           (b)     In addition to the number of trustees of a school   district as provided by Section 11.051, the board of trustees of a   school district may appoint a student trustee in the manner and for   a term prescribed by the board.           (c)     A student trustee is not a member of the board of   trustees of the school district for which the student is appointed.     A student trustee has the same powers and duties as a member of the   board of trustees, including the right to attend and participate in   open meetings of the board, except that the student trustee:                 (1)     may not vote on any matter before the board or make   or second any motion before the board; and                 (2)     is not counted in determining whether a quorum   exists for a meeting of the board or in determining the outcome of   any vote of the board.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.