Texas Education Code
§ 130.088 — BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CERTAIN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS
ED § 130.088Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part G. NON-BACCALAUREATE SYSTEM · Ch. 130. JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS · Art. E. BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS
Statute text
View on source(a)If an independent school district board that has control and management of a junior college district that contains all or part of a city with a population of more than 1,500,000 divests itself of control and management under Section 130.016 or 130.017 of this code, the appointment and election of trustees of the junior college district are subject to Sections 130.018 and 130.082 of this code, except as otherwise provided by this section.
(b)The board of trustees consists of nine members elected from trustee districts.
(c)If the board of trustees of the independent school district that divests itself of management and control of the junior college district is elected from nine single-member districts, the trustees appointed for the junior college district shall have the same initial single-member district boundaries. For the initial board members of the junior college district appointed by the independent school district board of trustees, three members shall serve terms of two years, three members shall serve terms of four years, and three members shall serve terms of six years. The trustees shall draw lots to determine the length of their terms. The terms of the initial board members shall expire on the last day of December of the odd-numbered year that does not exceed their terms.
(d)Each trustee district must be compact and contiguous and of a population to the extent practicable equal to other trustee districts.
(e)The general election for trustees shall be held every two years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of the odd-numbered year or on the uniform election date chosen by the prior board under prior law.
(f)The board of trustees of the independent school district shall designate a number for each trustee district. At each election candidates are voted on and elected separately for each trustee district, and a candidate's name is placed on the official ballot according to the number of the district for which the candidate is running.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.