By: Sheffield (Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin) H.B. No. 1993
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 11, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0;
May 11, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1993 By: Taylor of Collin
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 two-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
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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