81R2954 KKA-D
By: Anderson H.B. No. 367
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to restrictions on written information required to be
provided by school districts and public school teachers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.060, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) In addition to the requirements otherwise prescribed by
this section, the commissioner shall adopt policies that result in
a reduction of at least 10 percent in the total amount of written
paperwork, reports, and other information that a school district is
required by the agency to prepare, as determined in comparison to
the total amount of written paperwork, reports, and other
information required to be prepared by a school district during the
2008-2009 school year. The policies must be implemented beginning
not later than the 2010-2011 school year. This subsection expires
September 1, 2011.
SECTION 2. Section 11.164, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) In addition to the requirements otherwise prescribed by
this section, the board of trustees of each school district shall
adopt policies that result in a reduction of at least 10 percent in
the total amount of written information that a teacher is required
to prepare, as determined in comparison to the total amount of
written information required to be prepared by a teacher during the
2008-2009 school year. A school district shall implement the
policies required by this subsection beginning not later than the
2010-2011 school year. This subsection expires September 1, 2011.
SECTION 3. 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.