Bill Text: TX SCR39 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging Congress to reduce the amount of paperwork required of teachers by federal law.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-22 - Referred to Education [SCR39 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SCR39-Introduced.html
| 85R13803 KSM-D | ||
| By: Burton | S.C.R. No. 39 | |
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| WHEREAS, The amount of paperwork required by federal and | ||
| state education agencies causes an undue burden on teachers, | ||
| especially those in special education, whose time and efforts would | ||
| be better spent focused on the needs of their students; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Countless teachers pursue a career in education | ||
| because they want to make a meaningful difference in the lives of | ||
| children; federal requirements, however, impede that worthwhile | ||
| goal by overwhelming educators who are working hard to create | ||
| lesson plans, grade assignments, and give individualized attention | ||
| to pupils and their parents; by adding unmanageable and often | ||
| redundant paperwork to already overloaded schedules, the | ||
| government creates a disincentive for teachers to remain in their | ||
| chosen field; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The IDEA Paperwork Reduction Act of 2002, which the | ||
| United States Congress failed to pass, aimed to reduce overall | ||
| paperwork for teachers by more than 50 percent by eliminating | ||
| redundancies between federal and state agencies and using | ||
| technology to create a more streamlined process; these proposals | ||
| are worthy of reconsideration in order to improve the inefficient | ||
| and onerous system currently in place; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Our best educators serve as role models, motivators, | ||
| listeners, and mentors, and it is incumbent on the government to | ||
| promote efficiency and quality in our education system by | ||
| eliminating unnecessary paperwork and allowing teachers to focus on | ||
| their students; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to reduce the | ||
| amount of paperwork required of teachers by federal law; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official | ||
| copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to | ||
| the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of | ||
| Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the | ||
| members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that | ||
| this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a | ||
| memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. | ||
