SB 1974

relating to the authority of the board of trustees of certain small
school districts to decrease the number of trustees on the board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 11.051, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d)  A board of trustees of an independent school district
eligible to receive an allotment under Section 48.101(b) that has
seven members may by resolution decrease the membership to five if
the board certifies to the commissioner that in the two preceding
trustee elections the board was unable to fill all trustee seats on
the board.  A resolution decreasing the number of trustees takes
effect with the next regular election of trustees that occurs after
the adoption of the resolution and does not shorten the term of any
trustee in office when the resolution is adopted.  The resolution
must provide for a transition in the number of trustees so that when
the transition is complete, trustees are elected as provided by
SECTION 2.  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.