Bill Text: TX HB890 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to parental rights and public school responsibilities regarding instructional materials.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 11-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-24 - Senate Amendments Analysis distributed [HB890 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB890-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to parental rights and public school responsibilities regarding instructional materials.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 11-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-24 - Senate Amendments Analysis distributed [HB890 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB890-Introduced.html
88R1755 BDP-F | ||
By: Bell of Kaufman | H.B. No. 890 |
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relating to school district hearings regarding complaints. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.1511(b), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The board shall: | ||
(1) seek to establish working relationships with other | ||
public entities to make effective use of community resources and to | ||
serve the needs of public school students in the community; | ||
(2) adopt a vision statement and comprehensive goals | ||
for the district and the superintendent and monitor progress toward | ||
those goals; | ||
(3) establish performance goals for the district | ||
concerning: | ||
(A) the academic and fiscal performance | ||
indicators under Subchapters C, D, and J, Chapter 39; and | ||
(B) any performance indicators adopted by the | ||
district; | ||
(4) ensure that the superintendent: | ||
(A) is accountable for achieving performance | ||
results; | ||
(B) recognizes performance accomplishments; and | ||
(C) takes action as necessary to meet performance | ||
goals; | ||
(5) adopt a policy to establish a district- and | ||
campus-level planning and decision-making process as required | ||
under Section 11.251; | ||
(6) publish an annual educational performance report | ||
as required under Section 39.306; | ||
(7) adopt an annual budget for the district as | ||
required under Section 44.004; | ||
(8) adopt a tax rate each fiscal year as required under | ||
Section 26.05, Tax Code; | ||
(9) monitor district finances to ensure that the | ||
superintendent is properly maintaining the district's financial | ||
procedures and records; | ||
(10) ensure that district fiscal accounts are audited | ||
annually as required under Section 44.008; | ||
(11) publish an end-of-year financial report for | ||
distribution to the community; | ||
(12) conduct elections as required by law; | ||
(13) by rule, adopt a process through which district | ||
personnel, students or the parents or guardians of students, and | ||
members of the public may obtain a hearing from the district | ||
administrators and the board regarding a complaint that must: | ||
(A) unless otherwise provided by law, include: | ||
(i) an initial administrative hearing; and | ||
(ii) an opportunity to appeal the | ||
administrative decision following the initial hearing; and | ||
(B) unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, | ||
provide for a resolution of the complaint not later than 120 | ||
calendar days after the date on which the complaint was filed; | ||
(14) make decisions relating to terminating the | ||
employment of district employees employed under a contract to which | ||
Chapter 21 applies, including terminating or not renewing an | ||
employment contract to which that chapter applies; and | ||
(15) carry out other powers and duties as provided by | ||
this code or other law. | ||
SECTION 2. The board of trustees of a school district shall | ||
adopt a process for a hearing in accordance with Section | ||
11.1511(b), Education Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as | ||
practicable after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |