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1	1	By: Patrick, Paxton S.B. No. 1409
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2013; March 18, 2013, read
3	3	first time and referred to Committee on Open Government;
4	4	April 11, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
5	5	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 1; April 11, 2013,
6	6	sent to printer.)
7	7	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1409 By: Seliger
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10	10	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	11	AN ACT
12	12	relating to public information regarding facilities of school
13	13	districts and open-enrollment charter schools.
14	14	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	15	SECTION 1. Chapter 46, Education Code, is amended by adding
16	16	Subchapter D to read as follows:
17	17	SUBCHAPTER D. PUBLIC INFORMATION REGARDING FACILITIES
18	18	Sec. 46.101. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION REGARDING
19	19	FACILITIES. (a) For the purpose of providing information to the
20	20	public regarding district or school facilities usage and taxpayer
21	21	value, a school district or open-enrollment charter school shall:
22	22	(1) report data elements specified by commissioner
23	23	rule to the agency through the Texas Student Data System (TSDS) or a
24	24	successor data management system maintained by the agency; and
25	25	(2) provide a direct link on the district's or school's
26	26	Internet website to the Texas Student Data System (TSDS) or a
27	27	successor data management system maintained by the agency through
28	28	which the facilities information relevant to the specific district
29	29	or school may be readily accessed.
30	30	(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to
31	31	implement this section, including rules ensuring that the Texas
32	32	Student Data System (TSDS) or a successor data management system
33	33	maintained by the agency includes appropriate data elements
34	34	regarding school facilities usage and taxpayer value.
35	35	(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules for purposes of
36	36	Subsection (b) based on the recommendations of the Taxpayer Value
37	37	and School Facilities Usage Advisory Committee established under
38	38	Section 46.102. This subsection expires September 1, 2017.
39	39	Sec. 46.102. TAXPAYER VALUE AND SCHOOL FACILITIES USAGE
40	40	ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The Taxpayer Value and School Facilities
41	41	Usage Advisory Committee is established to serve the function
42	42	specified by this section.
43	43	(b) The committee consists of:
44	44	(1) the commissioner and the comptroller, who serve as
45	45	co-chairs of the committee; and
46	46	(2) the following persons, appointed jointly by the
47	47	commissioner and comptroller:
48	48	(A) a current school board member;
49	49	(B) a current school district administrator;
50	50	(C) a current public school teacher;
51	51	(D) a parent of a student currently enrolled in a
52	52	public school;
53	53	(E) a representative of the school construction
54	54	industry, who may be an engineer, architect, or contractor;
55	55	(F) a representative of the construction
56	56	industry who does not work on school construction, who may be an
57	57	engineer, architect, or contractor; and
58	58	(G) a member of the public.
59	59	(c) The commissioner and comptroller shall make the
60	60	appointments required by Subsection (b) not later than October 15,
61	61	2013.
62	62	(d) The committee shall meet to develop recommendations
63	63	regarding the data that should be considered in evaluating a school
64	64	district's or open-enrollment charter school's facility usage and
65	65	taxpayer value with regard to school facility construction and
66	66	renovation. The committee shall hold its initial meeting as soon as
67	67	possible after the committee members are selected, but not later
68	68	than November 15, 2013.
69	69	(e) Not later than December 31, 2014, the committee shall
70	70	develop its final recommendations and submit a report to the
71	71	governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of
72	72	representatives. The committee shall also make the report
73	73	available electronically to members of the legislature.
74	74	(f) Based on the recommendations developed by the
75	75	committee, the commissioner shall:
76	76	(1) ensure that the Texas Student Data System (TSDS)
77	77	or a successor data management system maintained by the agency
78	78	includes appropriate data elements regarding school facilities;
79	79	and
80	80	(2) adopt rules for purposes of Section 46.101.
81	81	(g) A committee member is not entitled to reimbursement of
82	82	expenses or to compensation.
83	83	(h) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the
84	84	committee.
85	85	(i) This section expires September 1, 2017.
86	86	SECTION 2. Section 46.101, Education Code, as added by this
87	87	Act, applies to a school district or open-enrollment charter school
88	88	beginning on the effective date of rules adopted by the
89	89	commissioner of education under Subsection (b), Section 46.101,
90	90	Education Code, as added by this Act.
91	91	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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