The public frustration with the status of urban education in Dallas and elsewhere continues.
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H.B. No. 3532
By: Davis of Dallas
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the abolition of existing school districts in certain counties and the creation of new school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 13, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 13.206 to read as follows:
Sec. 13.206. ABOLITION OF EXISTING DISTRICTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES; CREATION OF NEW DISTRICTS.
(a) This section applies only to a school district that:
(I) is located in a county with a population of more than two million that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than one million; and
(2) has a student enrollment of more than 150,000.
(b) A school district to which this section applies shall be abolished and two or more districts shall be created from the territory of the district.
(c) An election is not required for the abolition or creation of a school district under this section.
(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this section.
SECTION 2. 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, 2009.
