86R11004 KJE-D By: Krause H.B. No. 2690 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to provide to a school district certain information used in determining academic accountability ratings for the district. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 39.059 to read as follows: Sec. 39.059. DATA TRANSPARENCY. Before the initial release of academic accountability ratings for a school year, the agency shall provide to each school district a copy of all source data as submitted to the agency by an entity other than the district that the agency considers in: (1) determining the district's accreditation status under Section 39.052; or (2) assigning performance ratings for the district or the district's campuses under Section 39.054. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 school year. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.