81R8877 KKA-D
By: Giddings H.B. No. 1944
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to actions required to be taken by the Texas Education
Agency and a school district when the district fails to file its
annual audit report in a timely manner.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 44.008, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d-2) to read as follows:
(d-2) If a school district has not filed a copy of the school
district's annual audit report in compliance with Subsection (d) by
the 180th day after the date specified by that subsection:
(1) the agency shall provide a written notification to
the district that specifies the date on which the audit report was
required by this section to be filed with the agency; and
(2) the district shall:
(A) if the district has an Internet website:
(i) post a statement on the website
informing interested persons that the district is more than six
months late in filing the district's audit report as required by
this section; and
(ii) maintain the statement described by
Subparagraph (i) on the website until the district files the
district's audit report in compliance with this section; and
(B) conduct a public meeting specifically for the
purpose of:
(i) publicizing, by reading into the record
of the meeting, the notification received by the district from the
agency under Subdivision (1); and
(ii) discussing the date on which the
district anticipates the audit report will be filed, as well as the
reasons for the district's failure to comply with the filing
requirement in a timely manner.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.