TITLE: Relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to conduct a study regarding school district consolidation in Cameron County.

SUMMARY: Relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to conduct a study regarding school district consolidation in Cameron County.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to conduct a study regarding school district consolidation in Cameron County. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "agency" means the Texas Education Agency. SECTION 2. STUDY REGARDING SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION. The agency shall conduct a study regarding school district consolidation in Cameron County. In conducting the study, the agency shall consider: (1) any cost savings associated with economies of scale achieved through school district consolidation; and (2) any impact of school district consolidation on entitlements under the Foundation School Program. SECTION 3. REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. Not later than December 1, 2018, the agency shall submit a report that includes the results of the study and any associated recommendations to: (1) the governor; (2) the lieutenant governor; (3) the speaker of the house of representatives; (4) the presiding officer of each legislative standing committee with primary jurisdiction over primary and secondary education; and (5) the members of the house of representatives and the senate whose district includes any part of Cameron County. SECTION 4. EXPIRATION. This Act expires September 1, 2019. SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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.