Bill Text: TX HB628 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the right of a member of the board of trustees of a school district to obtain information, documents, and records.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-3)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB628 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB628-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 628 | ||
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| relating to the right of a member of the board of trustees of a | ||
| school district to obtain information, documents, and records. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 11.1512, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) A member of the board of trustees of the district, when | ||
| acting in the member's official capacity, has an inherent right of | ||
| access to information, documents, and records maintained by the | ||
| district, and the district shall provide the information, | ||
| documents, and records to the member without requiring the member | ||
| to submit a public information request under Chapter 552, | ||
| Government Code. The district shall provide the information, | ||
| documents, and records to the member without regard to whether the | ||
| requested items are the subject of or relate to an item listed on an | ||
| agenda for an upcoming meeting. The district may withhold or redact | ||
| information, a document, or a record requested by a member of the | ||
| board to the extent that the item is excepted from disclosure or is | ||
| confidential under Chapter 552, Government Code, or other law. | ||
| This subsection does not require the district to provide | ||
| information, documents, and records that are not subject to | ||
| disclosure under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of | ||
| 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g). | ||
| (d) A school district shall post, in a place convenient to | ||
| the public, the cost of responding to one or more requests submitted | ||
| by a member of the board of trustees of the district under | ||
| Subsection (c) if the requests are for 200 or more pages of material | ||
| in a 90-day period. | ||
| (e) The district shall report annually to the Texas | ||
| Education Agency not later than September 1 of each year: | ||
| (1) the number of requests submitted by a member of the | ||
| board of trustees of the district under Subsection (c) during the | ||
| preceding school year; and | ||
| (2) the total cost to the district for that school year | ||
| of responding to requests under Subsection (c). | ||
| (f) In this section, "official capacity" means all duties of | ||
| office and includes administrative decisions or actions. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 628 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
| 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 628 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
