January-February 2023 Committee on School Finance/Permanent School Fund Item 1

Election of Chair

February 2, 2023

COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL FINANCE/PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND: ACTION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: NO ACTION

SUMMARY: State Board of Education (SBOE) operating rules call for each committee to elect a chair from among its members. This item provides an opportunity for the Committee on School Finance/Permanent School Fund to elect a chair at this meeting if the SBOE retains the existing committee structure. The chair may then appoint a vice chair. If the board changes the committee structure, the committee may elect a member to preside over this first meeting only.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code, §7.107(b).

TEC, §7.107(b) requires the SBOE to organize and adopt operating rules at the first meeting after an election and qualification of new members.

The full text of the statutory citation can be found in the statutory authority section of this agenda.

PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: A committee chair was last elected on January 28, 2021.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: The board is required to organize at the first meeting after the election and qualification of new members. Section 1.2(e) of the board’s operating rules requires each standing committee to elect a chair from among its members and the chair may appoint a vice chair. An officer of the board is not eligible to serve as the chair of a standing committee.

Staff Member Responsible:
Yolanda M. Walker, Executive Director, State Board of Education Support Division