81R661 PAM-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 915
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to evaluation under the public school accountability
system of the delivery of library resources.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.072, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b-1) Additional criteria in the rules for rating a school
district under this section must include consideration of the
effectiveness of the district's delivery of resources from school
libraries.
(c) The agency shall evaluate against state standards and
shall, not later than August 1 of each year, report the performance
of each campus in a district and each open-enrollment charter
school on the basis of the campus's performance on the indicators
adopted under Sections 39.051(b)(1) through (8). Consideration of
the effectiveness of district programs under Subsection (b)(2) or
(3) must be based on data collected through the Public Education
Information Management System for purposes of accountability under
this chapter and include the results of assessments required under
Section 39.023. Consideration of the effectiveness of district
delivery of library resources under Subsection (b-1) must be based
on whether a library is located on each campus and whether a
librarian is employed by the district to staff a library at each
campus.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
school year.
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.