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  89R5260 RDR-F     By: Blanco S.B. No. 2931       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the employment of technical assistant superintendents   by regional education service centers.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 8, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 8.059 to read as follows:           Sec.   8.059.     TECHNICAL ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. (a) In   this section, "qualifying school district" means a school district   with fewer than 3,000 enrolled students.           (b)     Each regional education service center that serves a   qualifying school district shall employ and train a sufficient   number of technical assistant superintendents to maintain a ratio   of one technical assistant superintendent for every three   qualifying school districts in the region served by the center.           (c)     A technical assistant superintendent shall support a   qualifying school district to ensure the school district   participates in agency and other state and federal programs and   initiatives developed to enhance school district operations and   maximize student outcomes, including:                 (1)     the teacher incentive allotment under Section   48.112 and the local optional teacher designation system under   Section 21.3521;                 (2)  available school safety grants;                 (3)     the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP)   program under Section 29.912; and                 (4)     the agency's Effective Schools and Effective   District Frameworks.           (d)     A technical assistant superintendent may travel to a   qualifying school district to which the superintendent is assigned   to provide in-person technical administrative support.           (e)     The commissioner may monitor regional education service   centers to ensure compliance with this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 3.  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.