Thread by @cjtackett

Wow. This is a bill (SB 280) authored by Paul Bettencourt (SD7). It’s “relating to powers and duties of the board of trustees of an independent school district.”
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Here is what SB 280 calls for:
By a 2/3 vote, current school board trustees can
- Require candidates for school board to provide a certain number of signatures on a petition before they can run
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Here is what SB 280 calls for:
By a 2/3 vote, current school board trustees can
- Require a current trustee to resign from their role if running for another elected office. Not just if they win. As soon as they declare they are running.
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Here is what SB 280 calls for:
By a 2/3 vote, current school board trustees can
- Allow the Mayor / County Judge to APPOINT two additional members to the school board
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Here is what SB 280 calls for:
By a 2/3 vote, current school board trustees can
- Change their term length to 4 years
- Impose term limits, not less than 8 years, but not more than 16 years
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Here is what SB 280 calls for:
- If 15% of registered voters sign a petition against a trustee, that trustee is up for election again, no matter how many years are left on their term
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Here is what SB 280 calls for:
- If a district gets a D or F on the flawed rating system, all trustees are up for re-election immediately
- If a district gets an A, the district gets a $20k grant
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Signatures, can’t run for other office, appointments, recalls, term length & limits, punishment for a score. I’m not quite sure what’s wrong with the way the system works today. Feels like Bettencourt is someone who’s mad at School Boards.
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