Tex. Educ. Code § 11.059 · Subchapter C. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT--GENERAL PROVISIONS
TERMS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A trustee of an independent school district serves a term of three or four years.
(b) Elections for trustees with three-year terms shall be held annually. The terms of one-third of the trustees, or as near to one-third as possible, expire each year.
(c) Elections for trustees with four-year terms shall be held biennially. The terms of one-half of the trustees, or as near to one-half as possible, expire every two years.
(d) A board policy must state the schedule on which specific terms expire.
(e) Not later than December 31, 2030, the board of trustees may adopt a resolution changing the length of the terms of its trustees until the date the November election is canvassed. The resolution must provide for staggered terms of either three or four years and specify the manner in which the transition from the length of the former term to the modified term is made. The transition must begin with the first regular election for trustees that occurs after the board adopts the resolution, and a trustee who serves on the date the resolution is adopted shall serve the remainder of that term. This subsection expires January 1, 2036.
(f) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 753 (H.B. 3546), Sec. 3(1), eff. June 20, 2025.
(g) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 753 (H.B. 3546), Sec. 3(1), eff. June 20, 2025.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 17 (S.B. 670), Sec. 1, eff. April 25, 2007.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 44, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 712 (H.B. 2285), Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 2023.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 753 (H.B. 3546), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 753 (H.B. 3546), Sec. 3(1), eff. June 20, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.11.htm
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Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Educ. Code § 11.059. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 11.051GOVERNANCE OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT; NUMBER OF TRUSTEES.Printed as Section 11.059
- Tex. Educ. Code § 11.052SINGLE-MEMBER TRUSTEE DISTRICTS.Printed as Section 11.059
- Tex. Educ. Code § 11.065APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN DISTRICTS.Printed as Sections 11.059(a)
- Tex. Educ. Code § 12.025GOVERNANCE.Printed as Section 11.059
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