H.B. No. 1993
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1993 was passed by the House on April
23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1993 on May 18, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 0,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1993 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor