81R3358 JRJ-D
By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 674
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the student academic performance information provided
through the Public Education Information Management System
(PEIMS).
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.006(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) Annually, the commissioner shall review the Public
Education Information Management System and shall repeal or amend
rules that require school districts to provide information through
the Public Education Information Management System that is not
necessary. In reviewing and revising the Public Education
Information Management System, the commissioner shall develop
rules to ensure that the system:
(1) provides useful, accurate, and timely information
on student demographics and academic performance, including
numerical grades earned in a class or course, personnel, and school
district finances;
(2) contains only the data necessary for the
legislature and the agency to perform their legally authorized
functions in overseeing the public education system; and
(3) does not contain any information related to
instructional methods, except as provided by Section 29.066 or
required by federal law.
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.