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SB1581 • 2025

Relating to the eligibility of a trustee of certain school districts for employment by those districts.

Relating to the eligibility of a trustee of certain school districts for employment by those districts.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Blanco
Last action
2025-05-14
Official status
05/14/2025 H Referred to Public Education: May 14 2025 12:07AM
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the eligibility of a trustee of certain school districts for employment by those districts.

Relating to the eligibility of a trustee of certain school districts for employment by those districts.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the eligibility of a trustee of certain school districts for employment by those districts.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  2. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Public Education

  3. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  4. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  5. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  6. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  7. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  8. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  9. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  10. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  11. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  12. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  13. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  14. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  15. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  16. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  17. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  18. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  19. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  20. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  21. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  23. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  24. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  25. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Education K-16

  26. 2025-02-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  27. 2025-02-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the eligibility of a trustee of certain school districts for employment by those districts.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 1581 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

By: Blanco, Campbell

S.B. No. 1581

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the eligibility of a trustee of certain school

districts for employment by those districts.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 11.063, Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 11.063. ELIGIBILITY FOR EMPLOYMENT.
(a) Except as

provided by Subsection (b), a
[
A
] trustee of an independent school

district may not accept employment with that school district until

the first anniversary of the date the trustee's membership on the

board ends.

(b)

Subsection (a) does not apply to the trustee of a school

district that is entitled to an allotment under Section 48.101(b).

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, 2025.