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04/07/10
Texas Attorney General Opinions released in recent weeks will be of interest to school officials.
Opinion No. GA-0766 (2010) was issued on "Whether a city manager of a general-law municipality may simultaneously serve as a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district whose boundaries contain the municipality."
The Summary to the Opinion stated,
"The actions of a city manager in a general-law municipality are subject to control by the city council. As a result, the city manager will not be considered to hold an office, and conflicting-loyalties incompatibility will not apply to prevent the city manager from also serving on the board of trustees of a school district whose boundaries contain the city manager's municipality."
To read this opinion, click on the link below.
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinions/opinions/50abbott/op/2010/htm/ga-0766.htm
Opinion No. GA-0767 (2010) was issued on "Authority of the Board of Directors of the Texas School Safety Center under various provisions of subchapter G, chapter 37, Texas Education Code."
The Summary to the Opinion stated,
"The Board of the Texas School Safety Center is authorized to either approve or disapprove a particular budget submitted to it by the Center, as long as it ultimately approves a budget annually as required by the Legislature.
The Board may offer advice to the Center, including advice concerning the organization and design of the Center.
The Board is limited to approving budgets for only those programs that are in furtherance of the Center's legislatively prescribed purposes and responsibilities and that fall within the Center's express or necessarily implied powers.
Whether individual members of the Board could be held liable for funds approved for the operation of the Center, and whether the Board itself could be held liable, would depend on factual determinations that cannot be resolved in the opinion process."
To read this opinion, click on the link below.
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinions/opinions/50abbott/op/2010/htm/ga-0767.htm
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