TITLE: Relating to the employment of technical assistant superintendents by regional education service centers.

SUMMARY: Relating to the employment of technical assistant superintendents by regional education service centers.

FULL TEXT:
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.