1. (a) In nominating trustee candidates for military reservation school districts, the commanding officer of the military reservation shall do the following:

   1. (1) submit a list to the commissioner of education with at least three nominees for each vacancy. A majority of the trustees appointed to the school board must be civilian, and all may be civilian. When two or more vacancies occur simultaneously, a list of three different nominees for each vacancy shall be submitted. In cases when the commanding officer wishes to reappoint existing board members, a list of three nominees for each vacancy must still be submitted. Nominees not selected for existing vacancies may be resubmitted as candidates for subsequent vacancies. The commanding officer may rank in the order of preference the nominees submitted for each vacancy;
   2. (2) submit a statement that verifies that each of the nominees is qualified under the general school laws of Texas and lives or is employed on the military reservation;
   3. (3) submit a copy of a current biographical vita (resume) for each of the nominees, with a signature by the nominee attesting truth to the contents of the biographical vita;
   4. (4) submit a statement from each of the nominees which expresses the nominee's willingness to accept appointment and to serve in such a capacity with full adherence to the state-established standards on the duties and responsibilities of school board members;
   5. (5) submit a signed statement which expresses recognition of the powers of the board of trustees to govern and manage the operations of the military reservation school districts;
   6. (6) submit a signed statement regarding the governance and management operations of the district which expresses recognition that the role of the commanding officer of the military reservation is limited only to the duty defined by statute in the process for appointing members of the board of trustees; and
   7. (7) submit a statement that the membership composition of the entire board of trustees is in full compliance with the provisions of the Texas Education Code (TEC), §11.352.

2. (b) In nominating trustee candidates for the Boys Ranch Independent School District (ISD), the superintendent of the school district shall do the following:

   1. (1) submit a name to the commissioner for each vacancy. When two or more vacancies occur simultaneously, a name for each vacancy shall be submitted. In cases when the superintendent wishes to reappoint existing board members, the name of the existing board member for each vacancy must still be submitted;
   2. (2) submit a statement that verifies that each of the nominees is qualified under the general school laws of Texas;
   3. (3) submit a copy of a current biographical vita (resume) for each of the nominees, with a signature by the nominee attesting truth to the contents of the biographical vita;
   4. (4) submit a statement from each of the nominees which expresses the nominee's willingness to accept appointment and to serve in such a capacity with full adherence to the state-established standards on the duties and responsibilities of school board members;
   5. (5) submit a signed statement which expresses recognition of the powers of the board of trustees to govern and manage the operations of the Boys Ranch ISD;
   6. (6) submit a signed statement regarding the governance and management operations of the district which expresses recognition that the role of the superintendent is in full compliance with the provisions of the TEC, §11.201; and
   7. (7) submit a statement that the membership composition of the entire board of trustees is in full compliance with the provisions of the TEC, §11.352.
3. (c) A member of the board of trustees, who during the period of the term of office experiences a change of status which disqualifies such member for appointment under the provisions of the TEC, shall become ineligible to serve at the time of the change of status.

Source Note:The provisions of this §61.2 adopted to be effective September 1, 1996, 21 TexReg 3705; amended to be effective December 20, 2010, 35 TexReg 11223.