By: Sheffield H.B. No. 1993
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authorization of independent school districts to
use electronic means to notify parents of a student's academic
performance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.022, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A district that uses an electronic platform for
communicating student grade and performance information to parents
may permit a parent to sign a notice required under Subsections
(a)(2) and (a)(3) electronically, so long as the district retains a
record verifying the parent's acknowledgment of the required
notice. A district that accepts electronic signatures under this
subsection must offer parents the option to provide a handwritten
signature as provided under Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of third-thirds of all 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
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ct takes effect September 1, 2015.