REP. SCHUBERT FILES BILL CONCERNING SEX OFFENDER ORDINANCES

  

State Representative Leighton Schubert (R-Caldwell), recently filed a bill he says will allow smaller communities to protect children from registered sex offenders.

State Representative Leighton Schubert

 

During the interim period since last session, Representative Schubert held numerous meetings with constituents from around House District 13. As a direct result of one of those meetings- a leadership summit held in La Grange with area county judges and mayors- Schubert has filed House Bill 848, which allows smaller municipalities to have the ability to protect schools and youth-oriented areas from registered sex offenders.

Currently, general law cities (those with population below 5,000) must follow state law and cannot draw up their own ordinances that determine where sex offenders can live.

The City of Eagle Lake recently passed a resolution requesting that the legislature modify existing statute to allow general law cities to create "safe zones" to protect children from registered sex offenders.

In addition, Representative Schubert says he continues his fight to protect public school education funding in District 13.

During the interim period, Schubert held a summit with area superintendents in Fayetteville. Among the public education issues discussed was the pending expiration of the "hold-harmless" provision known as "Additional State Aid for Tax Reduction," or ASATR.

Schubert has filed House Bill 856, which would extend ASATR funding for another two years as a stopgap measure in case the legislature does not address the larger question of how the state funds public education.

"Several of my school districts, such as Hallettsville, are facing a huge loss in funding when ASATR expires in September," said Representative Schubert. "Even though the Texas Supreme Court upheld the state's public school funding system as constitutional, the House has said we're not going to use that as an excuse not to act and I want to make sure these schools are not forgotten."

Schubert has also filed House Bill 875, which removes a funding adjustment, originally enacted decades ago, which requires school districts with less than 300 square miles to receive less state funding.

"This is a punitive provision that was clearly meant to force smaller school districts to consolidate," said Representative Schubert. "There is absolutely no reason why small, mostly rural districts, like Brazos I.S.D. for example, should be treated unfairly and I want to change that."

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  1. Help those who can’t help themselves! Thank you for standing up for the babies! God bless

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