85R8191 SRS-D
By: Gonzales of Williamson H.B. No. 3209
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to enter into a
memorandum of understanding with regional day school programs for
the deaf regarding performance evaluation requirements for
accountability purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 30, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 30.088 to read as follows:
Sec. 30.088. REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR DEAF
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. The agency and the five regional day
school programs for the deaf established under Section 30.084,
acting cooperatively, shall develop, agree to, and by commissioner
rule adopt no later than September 1, 2018, a memorandum of
understanding to establish:
(1) the method for developing and reevaluating a set
of indicators of the quality of learning at regional day school
programs for the deaf;
(2) the process for the agency to conduct and report on
an annual evaluation of program performance on the indicators;
(3) the requirements for a program to publish,
discuss, and disseminate an annual report describing the
educational performance of the program;
(4) the process for the agency to conduct monitoring
reviews; and
(5) the type of information a program shall be
required to provide through the Public Education Information
Management System (PEIMS).
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, 2017.