Tex. Education Code § 51.156
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 51.156, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 51.156. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD; QUORUM; ACTION BY BOARD.
Official statutory text
(a) The board shall hold a meeting at least once each quarter and may hold meetings at other times at the call of the chairman of the board or at the request of a majority of the other directors.
(b) A majority of the membership of the board constitutes a quorum at a meeting of the board.
(c) Action may be taken by the board by the affirmative vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present.
(b) A majority of the membership of the board constitutes a quorum at a meeting of the board.
(c) Action may be taken by the board by the affirmative vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present.
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