Bill Text: TX HB3398 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to review and revision of certain memoranda of understanding.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-18 - Referred to Public Education [HB3398 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB3398-Introduced.html

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82R9828 VOO-F
By: Allen H.B. No. 3398

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to review and revision of certain memoranda of
understanding.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.007, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Not later than December 31, 2013, and every five years
after that date, the memorandum of understanding required under
Subsection (b)(6) shall be reviewed and, as appropriate, revised.
SECTION 2. Section 29.012, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
(d-1) Not later than December 31, 2013, and every five years
after that date, the memorandum of understanding adopted under
Subsection (d) shall be reviewed and, as appropriate, revised.
SECTION 3. Section 29.160, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-3) to read as follows:
(c-3) Not later than December 31, 2013, and every five years
after that date, the memorandum of understanding required under
Subsection (c) shall be reviewed and, as appropriate, revised.
SECTION 4. Section 29.455, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Not later than December 31, 2013, and every five years
after that date, a memorandum of understanding under this section
shall be reviewed and, as appropriate, revised.
SECTION 5. Section 30.005, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 30.005. TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY
IMPAIRED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. (a) The Texas Education
Agency and the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
shall develop, agree to, and by commissioner rule adopt a
memorandum of understanding to establish:
(1) the method for developing and reevaluating a set
of indicators of the quality of learning at the Texas School for the
Blind and Visually Impaired;
(2) the process for the agency to conduct and report on
an annual evaluation of the school's performance on the indicators;
(3) the requirements for the school's board to
publish, discuss, and disseminate an annual report describing the
educational performance of the school;
(4) the process for the agency to:
(A) assign an accreditation status to the school;
(B) reevaluate the status on an annual basis; and
(C) if necessary, make on-site accreditation
investigations; and
(5) the type of information the school shall be
required to provide through the Public Education Information
Management System (PEIMS).
(b) Not later than December 31, 2013, and every five years
after that date, the memorandum of understanding adopted under
Subsection (a) shall be reviewed and, as appropriate, revised.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.