Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1301 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/01/2019

                    86R943 CAE-D
 By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1301


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the duties of the board of trustees of certain school
 districts.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
 amended by adding Section 11.1517 to read as follows:
 Sec. 11.1517.  REQUIRED REPORT FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
 (a) This section applies only to a school district with student
 enrollment of 10,000 or more.
 (b)  The board of trustees of a school district shall:
 (1)  not later than the 10th day of each month, publish
 a report that includes:
 (A)  minutes of all board meetings conducted
 during the preceding month; and
 (B)  all plans and objectives under consideration
 by the board regarding the district;
 (2)  at least once in each quarter of the calendar year,
 publish a report that includes:
 (A)  student academic achievement; and
 (B)  current details of district finances;
 (3)  publish the reports required by this section on
 the home page of the district's Internet website; and
 (4)  announce at district board meetings the dates on
 which the reports required by this section will be posted on the
 district's Internet website.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.