Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2172 amends the Education Code to require the Texas Education Agency to develop a school district compliance monitoring system that will provide for ongoing analysis of district special education data and of complaints filed with the agency about special education services and for inspection of district facilities. The act requires the agency to use information obtained through its district data analysis and from its complaints management system to schedule and guide its facilities inspections; it also requires the agency's complaint management division to develop a system for expedited investigation and resolution of complaints about a district's failure to provide special education or related services to program-eligible students.

House Bill 2172 makes school district compliance with applicable state and federal laws governing special education programs a part of the state's public school accountability system by requiring a district's current special education compliance status to be included as a principal factor in TEA's determination of school district accreditation ratings and as a reporting item in the annual district and campus performance report cards published by local school boards and by requiring the agency to include a list of noncompliant school districts in its comprehensive biennial report to the legislature.