Tex. Educ. Code Section 11.052
Single-member Trustee Districts


(a)

Except as provided by Subsection (b), the board of trustees of an independent school district, on its own motion, may order that trustees of the district are to be elected from single-member trustee districts or that not fewer than 70 percent of the members of the board of trustees are to be elected from single-member trustee districts with the remaining trustees to be elected from the district at large.

(b)

If a majority of the area of an independent school district is located in a county with a population of less than 10,000, the board of trustees of the district, on its own motion, may order that trustees of the district are to be elected from single-member trustee districts or that not fewer than 50 percent of the members of the board of trustees are to be elected from single-member trustee districts with the remaining trustees to be elected from the district at large.

(c)

Before adopting an order under Subsection (a) or (b), the board must:

(1)

hold a public hearing at which registered voters of the district are given an opportunity to comment on whether or not they favor the election of trustees in the manner proposed by the board; and

(2)

publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper that has general circulation in the district, not later than the seventh day before the date of the hearing.

(d)

An order of the board adopted under Subsection (a) or (b) must be entered not later than the 120th day before the date of the first election at which all or some of the trustees are elected from single-member trustee districts authorized by the order.

(e)

If at least 15 percent or 15,000 of the registered voters of the school district, whichever is less, sign and present to the board of trustees a petition requesting submission to the voters of the proposition that trustees of the district be elected in a specific manner, which must be generally described on the petition and which must be a manner of election that the board could have ordered on its own motion under Subsection (a) or (b), the board shall order that the appropriate proposition be placed on the ballot at the first regular election of trustees held after the 120th day after the date the petition is submitted to the board. The proposition must specify the number of trustees to be elected from single-member districts. Beginning with the first regular election of trustees held after an election at which a majority of the registered voters voting approve the proposition, trustees of the district shall be elected in the manner prescribed by the approved proposition.

(f)

If single-member trustee districts are adopted or approved as provided by this section, the board shall divide the school district into the appropriate number of trustee districts, based on the number of members of the board that are to be elected from single-member trustee districts, and shall number each trustee district. The trustee districts must be compact and contiguous and must be as nearly as practicable of equal population. In a district with 150,000 or more students in average daily attendance, the boundary of a trustee district may not cross a county election precinct boundary except at a point at which the boundary of the school district crosses the county election precinct boundary. Trustee districts must be drawn not later than the 90th day before the date of the first election of trustees from those districts.

(g)

Residents of each trustee district are entitled to elect one trustee to the board. A trustee elected to represent a trustee district at the first election of trustees must be a resident of the district the trustee represents not later than: (1) the 90th day after the date election returns are canvassed; or (2) the 60th day after the date of a final judgment in an election contest filed concerning that trustee district. After the first election of trustees from single-member trustee districts, a candidate for trustee representing a single-member trustee district must be a resident of the district the candidate seeks to represent. A person appointed to fill a vacancy in a trustee district must be a resident of that trustee district. A trustee vacates the office if the trustee fails to move into the trustee district the trustee represents within the time provided by this subsection or ceases to reside in the district the trustee represents. A candidate for trustee representing the district at large must be a resident of the district.

(h)

At the first election at which some or all of the trustees are elected in a manner authorized by this section and after each redistricting, all positions on the board shall be filled. The trustees then elected shall draw lots for staggered terms as provided by Section 11.059 (Terms).

(i)

Not later than the 90th day before the date of the first regular school board election at which trustees may officially recognize and act on the last preceding federal census, the board shall redivide the district into the appropriate number of trustee districts if the census data indicates that the population of the most populous district exceeds the population of the least populous district by more than 10 percent. Redivision of the district shall be in the manner provided for division of the district under Subsection (f).
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 982, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Source: Section 11.052 — Single-member Trustee Districts, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.­11.­htm#11.­052 (accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

11.001
Accreditation
11.002
Responsibility of School Districts for Public Education
11.003
Administrative Efficiency
11.011
Organization
11.051
Governance of Independent School District
11.052
Single-member Trustee Districts
11.053
Option to Continue in Office Following Adoption of Single-member Plan or Redistricting
11.054
Electing Trustees by Cumulative Voting
11.055
Application to Get on Ballot
11.056
Write-in Voting
11.057
Determination of Results
11.058
Election by Position
11.059
Terms
11.060
Vacancies
11.061
Qualification and Organization of Trustees
11.062
Election of Officers in Certain School Districts
11.063
Eligibility for Employment
11.064
Filing of Financial Statement by Trustee
11.065
Applicability to Certain Districts
11.066
Eligibility for Service by Trustee Convicted of Certain Offenses
11.151
In General
11.152
Taxes
11.153
Sale of Minerals
11.154
Sale of Property Other than Minerals
11.155
Eminent Domain
11.156
Donations to the Public Schools
11.157
Contracts for Educational Services
11.158
Authority to Charge Fees
11.159
Member Training and Orientation
11.160
Change of School District Name
11.161
Frivolous Suit
11.162
School Uniforms
11.164
Restricting Written Information
11.165
Access to School Campuses
11.166
Operation on Campus of Institution of Higher Education
11.167
Operation Outside District Boundaries
11.168
Use of District Resources Prohibited for Certain Purposes
11.169
Electioneering Prohibited
11.170
Internal Auditor
11.171
School District Grievance Policy
11.174
Contract Regarding Operation of District Campus
11.175
School Cybersecurity
11.178
Prohibition Against Use of School District Resources for Hotel
11.179
Sale of Alcoholic Beverages in Certain Leased District Facilities
11.182
Board Improvement and Evaluation Tool
11.184
Efficiency Audit
11.185
Early Childhood Literacy and Mathematics Proficiency Plans
11.186
College, Career, and Military Readiness Plans
11.201
Superintendents
11.202
Principals
11.251
Planning and Decision-making Process
11.252
District-level Planning and Decision-making
11.253
Campus Planning and Site-based Decision-making
11.254
State Responsibilities for the Planning and Decision-making Process
11.255
Dropout Prevention Review
11.301
Application of Former Law
11.302
Public Information
11.303
Municipal School Districts
11.304
Write-in Voting: Common School District Board Election
11.351
Authority to Establish Special-purpose School District
11.352
Governance of Special-purpose District
11.353
Admission and Attendance
11.354
Abolition of Special-purpose District
11.355
Annexation of Additional Territory by Certain Special-purpose Districts
11.356
Support of Students Enrolled in Special-purpose School Districts
11.0511
Student Trustee for Certain Districts
11.0581
Joint Elections Required
11.0621
Meetings
11.1511
Specific Powers and Duties of Board
11.1512
Collaboration Between Board and Superintendent
11.1513
Employment Policy
11.1514
Social Security Numbers
11.1515
Oversight of Academic Achievement
11.1516
District Data on Academic Achievement
11.1518
Trustee Information Posted on Website
11.1541
Donation of Surplus Property
11.1542
Open-enrollment Charter School Offer for District Facility
11.1543
Charter School Payment for Facilities Use or for Services

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

§ 11.052’s source at texas​.gov