Section 48.402 - [Multiple versions] Texas Commission On Virtual Education(a) The commission is established to develop and make recommendations regarding the delivery of virtual education in the public school system and state funding for virtual education under the Foundation School Program. (b) The commission consists of 13 members appointed as follows: (1) four members appointed by the governor; (2) four members appointed by the lieutenant governor; (3) four members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and (4) a member of the State Board of Education, as designated by the chair of that board. (c) The members appointed by the governor must have an interest in public education and include at least: (1) one current or retired classroom teacher with at least 10 years of teaching experience; (2) one member of the business community; and (3) one member of the civic community. (d) The appointments made by the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives must each consist of: (1) three members of the applicable legislative chamber; and (2) an administrator in the public school system or an elected member of the board of trustees of a school district. (e) In making appointments under Subsections (b)(1), (2), and (3), the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives shall coordinate to ensure that the membership of the commission reflects, to the extent possible, the ethnic and geographic diversity of this state. Added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 720,Sec. 1, eff. 6/15/2021, op. beginning with the 2021-2022 school year.