By: Davis S.B. No. 1308
(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2013; March 13, 2013, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 24, 2013,
reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
April 24, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to auditing and monitoring of performance under contracts
for state-adopted assessment instruments administered to public
school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.038 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.038. AUDITING AND MONITORING PERFORMANCE UNDER
CONTRACTS FOR ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS. (a) The agency by rule
shall develop a comprehensive methodology for auditing and
monitoring performance under contracts for services to develop or
administer assessment instruments required by Section 39.023 to
verify compliance with contractual obligations.
(b) The agency shall ensure that all new and renewed
contracts described by Subsection (a) include a provision that the
agency or a designee of the agency may conduct periodic contract
compliance reviews, without advance notice, to monitor vendor
performance.
(c) The agency shall adopt rules to administer this section.
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, 2013.
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