By: Uresti S.B. No. 1854
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 23, 2017, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 24, 2017,
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0, 1 present not voting;
April 24, 2017, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1854 By: Uresti
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the review of public school district
paperwork to limit paperwork requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.164, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Not less than once every six months, each
district-level committee established under Section 11.251 shall
review paperwork requirements imposed on classroom teachers and
shall make recommendations to the board of trustees of the school
district regarding the transfer to existing noninstructional staff
of a reporting task that can reasonably be accomplished by that
staff as authorized by Subsection (b).
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.
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