TITLE: Relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the board.

SUMMARY: Relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the board.

FULL TEXT:
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.