HBA-MPM H.B. 328 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 328 By: Gallego Public Education 7/10/2001 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Prior to the 77th Legislature, the board of trustees (board) of an independent school district (district), on its own motion, could order trustees of the district to be elected from single-member trustee districts or that no fewer than 70 percent of the trustees be elected from single-member trustee districts, with the remainder elected from the district at large. Some smaller districts had difficulty finding individuals to fill seats in single member districts. House Bill 328 authorizes a board, if a majority of the district is located in a county with a population of less than 10,000, to order that no fewer than 50 percent of its trustees be elected from single member trustee districts, with the remainder of the trustees elected at large. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 328 amends the Education Code to authorize the board of trustees of an independent school district (district) located in a county with less than 10,000 people to order that trustees of the district be elected from single-member trustee districts or that not fewer than 50 percent of the board members be elected from single-member trustee districts, with the remaining trustees to be elected from the district at large. The bill authorizes the board of trustees (board) of a district that adopts a redistricting plan to provide for the trustees in office when the plan is adopted or the district is redistricted to serve the remainder of their terms. The bill requires the board to determine the order in which positions may be filled after each redistricting. The bill specifies that individuals on boards of three, five, or seven trustees as established by the State Board of Education for a special-purpose school district are not required to be residents of that district. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.