By: Watson, et al. S.B. No. 1799
(Rodriguez of Bexar, Collier)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the period of time allowed for issuance of decisions by
the commissioner of education in certain appeals against school
districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 7.057, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(c) In an appeal against a school district, the commissioner
shall, not later than the 240th day after the date the appeal is
filed, issue a decision based on a review of the record developed at
the district level under a substantial evidence standard of review.
The parties to the appeal may agree in writing to extend, by not
more than 60 days, the date by which the commissioner must issue a
decision under this subsection. A school district's disclosure of
the record to the commissioner under this subsection is not an
offense under Section 551.146, Government Code.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an appeal filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
appeal filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect at the time the appeal was filed, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
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, 2013.