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Relating to the meetings of the boards of trustees of independent school districts, the official text

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S.B. No. 413

AN ACT

relating to the meetings of the boards of trustees of independent

school districts.

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

SECTION 1. Section 11.0621, Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 11.0621. MEETINGS. (a) The minutes, as approved by

the board of trustees, [certified agenda, or recording, as

applicable,] of a regular or special meeting of the board of

trustees must reflect each member's:

(1) attendance at or absence from the meeting; and

(2) vote on any item that is voted on by the board at

the meeting.

(b) The board of trustees shall post on the district's

Internet website:

(1) the minutes described by Subsection (a) not later

than the seventh day after the date of a meeting at which a quorum of

the board is present and voting; and

(2) any resolution adopted by the board not later than

the seventh day after the date of the meeting at which the

resolution was adopted.

(c) The board of trustees shall make a recording of each

regular or special meeting of the board.

(d) The minutes and [or tape] recording of an open meeting

must be accessible to the public in accordance with Section

551.022, Government Code.

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

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 413 passed the Senate on

April 10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that

the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2025, by the

following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 413 passed the House, with

amendment, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 134,

Nays 0, two present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

______________________________

Date

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Governor
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