Relating to allowing the chair of the State Board of Education to employ personnel to assist in performing the board's duties, the official text

H.B. No. 3627

AN ACT

relating to allowing the chair of the State Board of Education to

employ personnel to assist in performing the board's duties.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 7, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 7.1051 to read as follows:

Sec. 7.1051. PERSONNEL. (a) The chair of the board may:

(1) employ personnel as necessary to assist all

members of the board in performing the board's duties;

(2) prescribe the duties of personnel;

(3) compensate personnel through funds made available

by the legislature; and

(4) determine whether to promote, terminate, or take

any other employment action regarding personnel.

(b) An individual employed under this section is:

(1) eligible for membership in the employee class of

the Employees Retirement System of Texas and eligible to

participate in the group benefits program under Chapter 1551,

Insurance Code;

(2) entitled to reimbursement through funds made

available by the legislature for actual and necessary expenses the

individual incurs in carrying out the individual's official duties;

and

(3) directly accountable to the chair.

(c) The agency shall provide administrative support,

including human resources, budgetary, accounting, purchasing,

payroll, information technology, and legal support services, to the

board as necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3627 was passed by the House on May 8,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 10, 2 present, not

voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3627 was passed by the Senate on May

25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 7.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor