Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2690 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/27/2019

                            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.