81R7045 KKA-F
By: Aycock H.B. No. 2856
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authority of the Texas Education Agency and the
commissioner of education to monitor compliance with requirements
applicable to state educational programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 7.028, Education Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 7.028. [LIMITATION ON] COMPLIANCE MONITORING.
SECTION 2. Section 7.028(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) In addition to actions authorized [Except as provided]
by Section 29.001(5), 29.010(a), 39.0301(e), 39.074, or 39.075, the
agency may monitor compliance with requirements applicable to a
process or program provided by a school district, campus, program,
or school granted charters under Chapter 12, including the process
described by Subchapter F, Chapter 11, or a program described by
Subchapter B, C, D, E, F, H, or I, Chapter 29, Subchapter A, Chapter
37, or Section 38.003, and the use of funds provided for such a
program under Subchapter C, Chapter 42, [only] as necessary to
ensure:
(1) compliance with federal law and regulations;
(2) financial accountability, including compliance
with grant requirements; and
(3) data integrity for purposes of:
(A) the Public Education Information Management
System (PEIMS); and
(B) accountability under Chapter 39.
SECTION 3. Section 39.075, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The commissioner shall establish and publicize a
process through which a complaint or allegation may be made to the
commissioner that potentially indicates the need for a special
accreditation investigation under this section.
SECTION 4. The commissioner of education shall establish
and publicize the process required by Section 39.075(d), Education
Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 31, 2010.
SECTION 5. 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.