Bill Text: TX HB674 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to soliciting from school districts served by a regional education service center certain information in conjunction with the annual evaluation of the center.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB674 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB674-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 674 | ||
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| relating to soliciting from school districts served by a regional | ||
| education service center certain information in conjunction with | ||
| the annual evaluation of the center. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 8.103, Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 8.103. ANNUAL EVALUATION. (a) The commissioner shall | ||
| conduct an annual evaluation of each executive director and | ||
| regional education service center. Each evaluation must include: | ||
| (1) an audit of the center's finances; | ||
| (2) a review of the center's performance on the | ||
| indicators adopted under Section 8.101; | ||
| (3) a review of client satisfaction with services | ||
| provided under Subchapter B; and | ||
| (4) a review of any other factor the commissioner | ||
| determines to be appropriate. | ||
| (b) In conjunction with the review of client satisfaction | ||
| conducted under Subsection (a)(3), the commissioner shall solicit | ||
| from each school district served by a regional education service | ||
| center information regarding: | ||
| (1) the reliance of the district on the center for | ||
| assistance in complying with state education laws and rules; and | ||
| (2) the specific state education laws or rules with | ||
| which compliance is the most burdensome and expensive. | ||
| (c) The information solicited under Subsection (b) may not | ||
| be considered in the annual evaluation of a regional education | ||
| service center. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 674 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 5, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 674 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
