Tex. Const. art. VII, § 16-a · Article 7. EDUCATION
TERMS OF OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL OFFICERS.
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Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
The Legislature shall fix by law the terms of all offices of the public school system and of the State institutions of higher education, inclusive, and the terms of members of the respective boards, not to exceed six years.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Added Nov. 6, 1928; amended Nov. 4, 1997.)
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.7.htm
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- sha256 523688100502118ce9d7744d28832e505c0888994892ba2fa7fd1c4fa83f75aa
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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