84R11249 CAE-D
By: Frank H.B. No. 2997
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of an Internet website clearinghouse for
school districts to post information to comply with publication
requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 7.042 to read as follows:
Sec. 7.042. INTERNET WEBSITE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR SCHOOL
DISTRICT INFORMATION. (a) The agency shall develop and maintain an
Internet website clearinghouse, separate from the agency's
Internet website, for the public to access school district and
campus reports, notices, and other information that a school
district or campus is required by law to publish.
(b) The agency shall create a web page for each school
district on the Internet website clearinghouse. Each school
district may post on the district's web page on the website any
report, notice, or other information that the district is required
to publish. Each school district may designate district personnel
with authority to enter reports, notices, and other information on
the district's web page.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district that
posts a report, notice, or other information on the district's web
page on the Internet website clearinghouse created under this
section that is required by law to be published by a school district
or campus satisfies that publication requirement if the report,
notice, or information remains posted for the period as prescribed
by law.
SECTION 2. 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.