SB 2931

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
(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
(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
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.