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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
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. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |