August-September 2023 Committee on School Initiatives Item 5

Recommendation for Three Reappointments to the Lackland Independent School District Board of Trustees

September 1, 2023

COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL INITIATIVES: ACTION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: CONSENT

SUMMARY: This item provides an opportunity for the board to consider three reappointments to the board of trustees of Lackland Independent School District (ISD). The reappointments are necessary due to the expiration of the terms of office of three board members.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §11.352.

TEC, §11.352 authorizes the State Board of Education (SBOE) to appoint school board members in special purpose school districts.

The full text of statutory citations can be found in the statutory authority section of this agenda.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: The SBOE is statutorily authorized to appoint board members for military reservation ISDs. Trustees so appointed shall hold office for two years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Enlisted military personnel may be appointed to the board; however, a majority must be civilians, and all may be civilians. When a vacancy occurs, the base commander notifies the commissioner of education of such vacancy in compliance with TEC, §11.352.

Brigadier General, United States Air Force, Russell D. Driggers, has notified the commissioner of education of three vacancies on the board of trustees of the Lackland ISD due to the expiration of the board members’ terms of office. Brigadier General Driggers recommends the reappointments of Mr. John Sheehan Jr., Mr. John Jackson, and Ms. Jere Pace to the Lackland ISD Board of Trustees.

MOTION TO BE CONSIDERED: The State Board of Education:

Based on Brigadier General Driggers’s recommendation, approve the reappointments of Mr. John Sheehan Jr., Mr. John Jackson, and Ms. Jere Pace to serve terms of office from September 1, 2023, to August 31, 2025, on the Lackland ISD Board of Trustees.

Staff Members Responsible:   
Steve Lecholop, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Governance
Christopher Lucas, Director, Policy, Planning, and Operations, Office of Governance

Attachment:       
Correspondence from Brigadier General Driggers that includes biographical information and supporting materials for each nominee.