By: VanDeaver, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Burton) H.B. No. 1706
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2015;
May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reducing paperwork and duplicate reports required of a
school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.060, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) The review conducted under Subsection (a) must
include a comparison of the reports and paperwork required by state
law and the reports and paperwork required by federal law. The
commissioner shall eliminate any reports or paperwork required by
state law that duplicate the content of reports or paperwork also
required by federal law.
SECTION 2. Section 11.201(d), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) The duties of the superintendent include:
(1) assuming administrative responsibility and
leadership for the planning, organization, operation, supervision,
and evaluation of the education programs, services, and facilities
of the district and for the annual performance appraisal of the
district's staff;
(2) except as provided by Section 11.202, assuming
administrative authority and responsibility for the assignment,
supervision, and evaluation of all personnel of the district other
than the superintendent;
(3) overseeing compliance with the standards for
school facilities established by the commissioner under Section
46.008;
(4) initiating the termination or suspension of an
employee or the nonrenewal of an employee's term contract;
(5) managing the day-to-day operations of the district
as its administrative manager, including implementing and
monitoring plans, procedures, programs, and systems to achieve
clearly defined and desired results in major areas of district
operations;
(6) preparing and submitting to the board of trustees
a proposed budget as provided by Section 44.002 and rules adopted
under that section, and administering the budget;
(7) preparing recommendations for policies to be
adopted by the board of trustees and overseeing the implementation
of adopted policies;
(8) developing or causing to be developed appropriate
administrative regulations to implement policies established by
the board of trustees;
(9) providing leadership for the attainment and, if
necessary, improvement of student performance in the district based
on the indicators adopted under Sections 39.053 and 39.301 and
other indicators adopted by the commissioner or the district's
board of trustees;
(10) organizing the district's central
administration;
(11) consulting with the district-level committee as
required under Section 11.252(f);
(12) ensuring:
(A) adoption of a student code of conduct as
required under Section 37.001 and enforcement of that code of
conduct; and
(B) adoption and enforcement of other student
disciplinary rules and procedures as necessary;
(13) submitting reports as required by state or
federal law, rule, or regulation, and ensuring that a copy of any
report required by federal law, rule, or regulation is also
delivered to the agency;
(14) providing joint leadership with the board of
trustees to ensure that the responsibilities of the board and
superintendent team are carried out; and
(15) performing any other duties assigned by action of
the board of trustees.
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, 2015.
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