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| 1 | 1 | By: Davis S.B. No. 1308 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Aycock) | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to auditing and monitoring of performance under contracts | |
| 8 | 8 | for state-adopted assessment instruments administered to public | |
| 9 | 9 | school students. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Section 39.038 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 39.038. AUDITING AND MONITORING PERFORMANCE UNDER | |
| 14 | 14 | CONTRACTS FOR ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS. (a) The agency by rule | |
| 15 | 15 | shall develop a comprehensive methodology for auditing and | |
| 16 | 16 | monitoring performance under contracts for services to develop or | |
| 17 | 17 | administer assessment instruments required by Section 39.023 to | |
| 18 | 18 | verify compliance with contractual obligations. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) The agency shall ensure that all new and renewed | |
| 20 | 20 | contracts described by Subsection (a) include a provision that the | |
| 21 | 21 | agency or a designee of the agency may conduct periodic contract | |
| 22 | 22 | compliance reviews, without advance notice, to monitor vendor | |
| 23 | 23 | performance. | |
| 24 | 24 | (c) The agency shall adopt rules to administer this section. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 26 | 26 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 27 | 27 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |