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1		-	By: VanDeaver, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Burton) H.B. No. 1706
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2015;
3		-	May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Education; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.B. No. 1706
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to reducing paperwork and duplicate reports required of a
12	6		school district.
13	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	8		SECTION 1. Section 7.060, Education Code, is amended by
15	9		adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
16	10		(a-1) The review conducted under Subsection (a) must
17	11		include a comparison of the reports and paperwork required by state
18	12		law and the reports and paperwork required by federal law. The
19	13		commissioner shall eliminate any reports or paperwork required by
20	14		state law that duplicate the content of reports or paperwork also
21	15		required by federal law.
22	16		SECTION 2. Section 11.201(d), Education Code, is amended to
23	17		read as follows:
24	18		(d) The duties of the superintendent include:
25	19		(1) assuming administrative responsibility and
26	20		leadership for the planning, organization, operation, supervision,
27	21		and evaluation of the education programs, services, and facilities
28	22		of the district and for the annual performance appraisal of the
29	23		district's staff;
30	24		(2) except as provided by Section 11.202, assuming
31	25		administrative authority and responsibility for the assignment,
32	26		supervision, and evaluation of all personnel of the district other
33	27		than the superintendent;
34	28		(3) overseeing compliance with the standards for
35	29		school facilities established by the commissioner under Section
36	30		46.008;
37	31		(4) initiating the termination or suspension of an
38	32		employee or the nonrenewal of an employee's term contract;
39	33		(5) managing the day-to-day operations of the district
40	34		as its administrative manager, including implementing and
41	35		monitoring plans, procedures, programs, and systems to achieve
42	36		clearly defined and desired results in major areas of district
43	37		operations;
44	38		(6) preparing and submitting to the board of trustees
45	39		a proposed budget as provided by Section 44.002 and rules adopted
46	40		under that section, and administering the budget;
47	41		(7) preparing recommendations for policies to be
48	42		adopted by the board of trustees and overseeing the implementation
49	43		of adopted policies;
50	44		(8) developing or causing to be developed appropriate
51	45		administrative regulations to implement policies established by
52	46		the board of trustees;
53	47		(9) providing leadership for the attainment and, if
54	48		necessary, improvement of student performance in the district based
55	49		on the indicators adopted under Sections 39.053 and 39.301 and
56	50		other indicators adopted by the commissioner or the district's
57	51		board of trustees;
58	52		(10) organizing the district's central
59	53		administration;
60	54		(11) consulting with the district-level committee as
61	55		required under Section 11.252(f);
62	56		(12) ensuring:
63	57		(A) adoption of a student code of conduct as
64	58		required under Section 37.001 and enforcement of that code of
65	59		conduct; and
66	60		(B) adoption and enforcement of other student
67	61		disciplinary rules and procedures as necessary;
68	62		(13) submitting reports as required by state or
69	63		federal law, rule, or regulation, and ensuring that a copy of any
70	64		report required by federal law, rule, or regulation is also
71	65		delivered to the agency;
72	66		(14) providing joint leadership with the board of
73	67		trustees to ensure that the responsibilities of the board and
74	68		superintendent team are carried out; and
75	69		(15) performing any other duties assigned by action of
76	70		the board of trustees.
77	71		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
78	72		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
79	73		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
80	74		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
81	75		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	76	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	77	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	78	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1706 was passed by the House on May 4,
	79	+	2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	80	+	voting.
	81	+	______________________________
	82	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	83	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1706 was passed by the Senate on May
	84	+	27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	85	+	______________________________
	86	+	Secretary of the Senate
	87	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	88	+	Date
	89	+	_____________________
	90	+	Governor