By Johnson H.B. No. 574
74R814 KKA-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to required reports from the Central Education Agency.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 35, Education Code, as added by Chapter
1-5 347, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, 1993, is amended by adding
1-6 Subchapter H to read as follows:
1-7 SUBCHAPTER H. CENTRAL EDUCATION AGENCY REPORTS
1-8 Sec. 35.151. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. (a) Each report
1-9 required by this subchapter shall:
1-10 (1) unless otherwise specified, contain summary
1-11 information and analysis only, with an indication that the Central
1-12 Education Agency will provide the data underlying the report on
1-13 request;
1-14 (2) specify a person at the Central Education Agency
1-15 who may be contacted for additional information regarding the
1-16 report and provide the person's telephone number; and
1-17 (3) identify other sources of related information,
1-18 indicating the level of detail and format of information that may
1-19 be obtained, including the availability of any information on the
1-20 Texas Education Network.
1-21 (b) Each component of a report required by this subchapter
1-22 shall:
1-23 (1) identify the substantive goal underlying the
1-24 information required to be reported;
2-1 (2) analyze the progress made and longitudinal trends
2-2 in achieving the underlying substantive goal;
2-3 (3) offer recommendations for improved progress in
2-4 achieving the underlying substantive goal; and
2-5 (4) identify the relationship of the information
2-6 required to be reported to state education goals.
2-7 (c) Unless otherwise provided, each report required by this
2-8 subchapter is due not later than December 1 of each even-numbered
2-9 year.
2-10 (d) Subsections (a) and (b) apply to any report required by
2-11 statute that the Central Education Agency must prepare and deliver
2-12 to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of
2-13 representatives, or legislature.
2-14 (e) Unless otherwise provided by law, any report required by
2-15 statute that the Central Education Agency must prepare and deliver
2-16 to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of
2-17 representatives, or legislature may be combined, at the discretion
2-18 of the commissioner of education, with a report required by this
2-19 subchapter.
2-20 Sec. 35.152. COMPREHENSIVE BIENNIAL REPORT. (a) The
2-21 Central Education Agency shall prepare and deliver to the governor,
2-22 the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
2-23 representatives, each member of the legislature, the Legislative
2-24 Budget Board, and the clerks of the standing committees of the
2-25 senate and house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over
2-26 the public school system a comprehensive report covering the
2-27 preceding two school years and containing:
3-1 (1) an evaluation of the achievements of the state
3-2 educational program in relation to the four-year plan adopted under
3-3 Section 11.26(b);
3-4 (2) an evaluation of the status of education in the
3-5 state as reflected by the academic excellence indicators adopted
3-6 under Section 35.041;
3-7 (3) a summary compilation of overall student
3-8 performance on academic skills assessment instruments required by
3-9 Section 35.023, aggregated by grade level, subject area, campus,
3-10 and district, with appropriate interpretations and analysis;
3-11 (4) an evaluation of the correlation between student
3-12 grades and student performance on academic skills assessment
3-13 instruments required by Section 35.023;
3-14 (5) a statement of the dropout rate of students in
3-15 grade levels 7 through 12, expressed in the aggregate and by grade
3-16 level;
3-17 (6) a statement of the projected cross-sectional and
3-18 longitudinal dropout rates for grade levels 7 through 12 for the
3-19 next five years, assuming no state action is taken to reduce the
3-20 dropout rate;
3-21 (7) a description of a systematic plan for reducing
3-22 the projected cross-sectional and longitudinal dropout rates to
3-23 five percent or less for the 1997-1998 school year;
3-24 (8) a summary of the information required by Section
3-25 11.204 regarding grade level retention of students;
3-26 (9) a list of each school district or campus that does
3-27 not satisfy accreditation criteria, with an explanation of the
4-1 actions taken by the commissioner of education to improve student
4-2 performance in the district or campus and an evaluation of the
4-3 results of those actions;
4-4 (10) an evaluation of the status of the curriculum
4-5 taught in public schools, with recommendations for legislative
4-6 changes necessary to improve or modify the curriculum required by
4-7 Section 21.101;
4-8 (11) an evaluation of the environmental education
4-9 activities occurring in public schools;
4-10 (12) a description of each activity and expenditure of
4-11 the Central Education Agency;
4-12 (13) a summary and analysis of the compliance of
4-13 school districts with administrative cost ratios set by the
4-14 commissioner of education under Section 16.205, including any
4-15 improvements and cost savings achieved by school districts;
4-16 (14) any additional information considered important
4-17 by the commissioner of education or the State Board of Education;
4-18 and
4-19 (15) a statement of the total number and length of
4-20 reports that school districts and school district employees must
4-21 submit to the Central Education Agency, identifying which reports
4-22 are required by federal statute or rule, state statute, or agency
4-23 rule, and a summary of the agency's efforts to reduce overall
4-24 reporting requirements.
4-25 (b) In reporting the information required by Subsection
4-26 (a)(3), the Central Education Agency may separately aggregate the
4-27 performance data of students enrolled in a bilingual education or
5-1 special language program under Subchapter L, Chapter 21, or a
5-2 special education program under Subchapter N, Chapter 21.
5-3 Sec. 35.153. REGIONAL AND DISTRICT LEVEL REPORT. The
5-4 Central Education Agency shall prepare and deliver to the governor,
5-5 the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
5-6 representatives, each member of the legislature, the Legislative
5-7 Budget Board, and the clerks of the standing committees of the
5-8 senate and house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over
5-9 the public school system a regional and district level report
5-10 covering the preceding two school years and containing:
5-11 (1) a summary of the reports received from school
5-12 districts under Section 21.930 that analyzes district trends in
5-13 involving professional staff in determining educational goals and
5-14 objectives and major district-wide classroom instructional
5-15 programs;
5-16 (2) a summary of school district compliance with the
5-17 student/teacher ratios and class-size limitations prescribed by
5-18 Section 16.054, including the number of districts granted an
5-19 exception from Section 16.054(b) and an estimate of the total cost
5-20 to bring districts that are not in compliance with Section
5-21 16.054(b) into compliance;
5-22 (3) a summary of the exemptions and waivers granted to
5-23 school districts under Section 11.273 or 35.102 and an analysis of
5-24 the effect of those exemptions and waivers on student achievement;
5-25 (4) a summary of innovative educational programs
5-26 approved under Section 11.27 and an evaluation of the effectiveness
5-27 of those programs; and
6-1 (5) a summary of the services offered by regional
6-2 education service centers with an evaluation of the effectiveness
6-3 of those services.
6-4 Sec. 35.154. TECHNOLOGY REPORT. The Central Education
6-5 Agency shall prepare and deliver to the governor, the lieutenant
6-6 governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, each member
6-7 of the legislature, the Legislative Budget Board, and the clerks of
6-8 the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives
6-9 with primary jurisdiction over the public school system a
6-10 technology report covering the preceding two school years and
6-11 containing:
6-12 (1) information on the status of the implementation of
6-13 and revisions to the long-range technology plan required by Section
6-14 14.021, including the equity of the distribution and use of
6-15 technology in public schools;
6-16 (2) an evaluation of the effectiveness and feasibility
6-17 of each pilot, model, or demonstration project for educational
6-18 technology established under Section 14.0451, as added by Chapter
6-19 250, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, 1993, including any
6-20 recommendations for the use of the technology in the schools; and
6-21 (3) a summary of the operations, projects, and fiscal
6-22 affairs of the center for educational technology.
6-23 Sec. 35.155. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION REPORT. The Central
6-24 Education Agency shall prepare and deliver to the governor, the
6-25 lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
6-26 each member of the legislature, the Legislative Budget Board, and
6-27 the clerks of the standing committees of the senate and house of
7-1 representatives with primary jurisdiction over the public school
7-2 system, and the Council on Workforce and Economic Competitiveness a
7-3 vocational education report covering the preceding two school years
7-4 and containing a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of
7-5 vocational programs in public schools, including the compliance of
7-6 the programs with the master plan for vocational education adopted
7-7 under Section 21.113.
7-8 Sec. 35.156. INTERIM REPORT. Not later than December 1 of
7-9 each odd-numbered year, the Central Education Agency shall prepare
7-10 and deliver to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker
7-11 of the house of representatives, each member of the legislature,
7-12 the Legislative Budget Board, and the clerks of the standing
7-13 committees of the senate and house of representatives with primary
7-14 jurisdiction over the public school system an interim report
7-15 containing, for the previous school year, the information required
7-16 by:
7-17 (1) Sections 35.152(a)(3), (5), (6), (7), and (9); and
7-18 (2) Sections 35.153(1) and (3).
7-19 SECTION 2. Section 11.20(f), Education Code, is amended to
7-20 read as follows:
7-21 (f) The agency shall require periodic reports from each
7-22 district participating in the program for the purpose of evaluating
7-23 the results of the program. <The agency shall report its findings
7-24 and recommendations to the legislature biennially during the first
7-25 month of the regular session.>
7-26 SECTION 3. Sections 11.26(b) and (c), Education Code, are
7-27 amended to read as follows:
8-1 (b) The board shall review periodically the educational
8-2 needs of the state, establish goals for the public school system,
8-3 and adopt and promote four-year plans for meeting these needs and
8-4 goals. <Prior to each regular legislative session, the board shall
8-5 evaluate the achievements of the educational program in
8-6 relationship to the current four-year plan and report that
8-7 evaluation to the governor and the legislature.>
8-8 (c) With the advice and assistance of the <state>
8-9 commissioner of education, the State Board of Education shall:
8-10 (1) <make to the legislature biennial reports covering
8-11 all the activities and expenditures of the Central Education
8-12 Agency;>
8-13 <(2)> adopt rules for the accreditation of schools;
8-14 (2) <(3)> execute contracts for the purchase of
8-15 instructional aids, including textbooks, within the limits of
8-16 authority granted by the legislature;
8-17 (3) <(4)> execute contracts for the investment of the
8-18 permanent school fund, within the limits of authority granted by
8-19 Chapter 15 <of this code>;
8-20 (4) <(5)> adopt rules consistent with Chapter 13 <of
8-21 this code> for certification of teachers, administrators, and other
8-22 professional personnel customarily employed in public schools;
8-23 (5) <(6)> adopt rules requiring school districts to
8-24 notify parents of students of a teacher teaching a subject for
8-25 which the teacher is not certified, unless the teacher is serving
8-26 an internship under Section 13.035 <of this code>, or the teacher
8-27 has at least 24 semester credit hours in the subject, or the
9-1 teacher is teaching under an emergency permit and is making
9-2 satisfactory progress toward completion of a deficiency plan;
9-3 <(7) consider the athletic necessities and activities
9-4 of the public schools of Texas and in advance of each regular
9-5 session of the legislature specifically report to the governor of
9-6 Texas the proper and lawful division of time and money to be
9-7 devoted to athletics, holidays, legal and otherwise, and to
9-8 educational purposes;> and
9-9 (6) <(8)> on or before May 15 of each year, formulate
9-10 and transmit to the <Texas> Council on Workforce and Economic
9-11 Competitiveness <Vocational Education> a list of evaluation topics
9-12 that address developing and future concerns of the board in the
9-13 field of technical-vocational education.
9-14 SECTION 4. Section 11.29(a), Education Code, is amended to
9-15 read as follows:
9-16 (a) The commissioner of education shall adopt annually a
9-17 budget for operating the Foundation School Program, the Central
9-18 Education Agency, and other programs for which the State Board of
9-19 Education has responsibility. The budget shall be in accordance
9-20 with the amounts appropriated by the general appropriations act and
9-21 shall provide funds for the administration and operation of the
9-22 Central Education Agency and any other necessary expense. <Before
9-23 adopting the budget, the commissioner shall:>
9-24 <(1) submit the budget to the State Board of Education
9-25 and the Legislative Budget Board for review and comment; and>
9-26 <(2) after receiving the comments of those boards,
9-27 present the budget to the governor and the Legislative Budget
10-1 Board.>
10-2 SECTION 5. Section 11.53, Education Code, is amended to read
10-3 as follows:
10-4 Sec. 11.53. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. The commissioner of
10-5 education shall foster the development and dissemination of
10-6 educational activities and materials which will assist Texas public
10-7 school students, teachers, and administrators in the perception,
10-8 appreciation, and understanding of environmental principles and
10-9 problems. In order to do so, the commissioner shall:
10-10 (1) encourage the integration of environmental topics
10-11 into the regular curriculum, where appropriate;
10-12 (2) encourage the Central Education Agency to
10-13 coordinate state, federal, and other funding sources to develop and
10-14 disseminate to school districts instructional materials for use in
10-15 environmental education, with special concern given to the
10-16 ecological systems of Texas and the ways human beings depend on and
10-17 interact with the systems;
10-18 (3) encourage the Central Education Agency to
10-19 coordinate state, federal, and other available funding sources to
10-20 develop and deliver teacher inservice programs, including summer
10-21 seminars and institutes, on various aspects of environmental
10-22 pollution and conservation;
10-23 (4) collect, analyze, evaluate, and disseminate to
10-24 school districts information about environmental curriculum
10-25 materials, validated projects, and other successful programs; and
10-26 (5) solicit, receive, and expend funds which may
10-27 become available through federal grants under any national
11-1 environmental education programs or from other public or private
11-2 sources<;>
11-3 <(6) prepare an annual status report on environmental
11-4 education activities and deliver it to the legislature and the
11-5 governor on or before September 1 of each year>.
11-6 SECTION 6. Section 11.912(c), Education Code, is amended to
11-7 read as follows:
11-8 (c) The agency shall file the policies established under
11-9 this section with the Texas Department of Commerce and the <State
11-10 Purchasing and> General Services Commission. <The commission shall
11-11 conduct an analysis of the agency's policies and the policies'
11-12 effectiveness and shall report the analysis to the governor,
11-13 lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
11-14 not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year.>
11-15 SECTION 7. Section 12.03(e-1), Education Code, is amended to
11-16 read as follows:
11-17 (e-1)(1) On the effective date of this Act, the State Board
11-18 of Education shall appoint a commission to expedite the
11-19 implementation of Subsection (e) of this section. The commission
11-20 shall be composed of no more than 12 individuals nominated by the
11-21 Commissioner of Education from within or outside Texas, including
11-22 but not limited to:
11-23 (A) computer software developers;
11-24 (B) producers of Braille textbooks;
11-25 (C) specialists in Braille education;
11-26 (D) representatives of the Central <Texas>
11-27 Education Agency;
12-1 (E) publishers of elementary and high school
12-2 textbooks; and
12-3 (F) at least one consumer, or an advocate for
12-4 consumers, of Braille materials.
12-5 (2) The Commissioner shall appoint a chairman from
12-6 among the commission members.
12-7 (3) Public members of the commission who are not
12-8 employed by publishing companies that have contracts with the
12-9 Central Education Agency are entitled to reimbursement by the state
12-10 for their actual transportation and lodging expenses related to
12-11 participation in the commission's activities, provided funds are
12-12 available for such reimbursement from gifts and grants received by
12-13 the Central Education Agency. The Central Education Agency may
12-14 accept gifts and grants to provide the reimbursement under this
12-15 subdivision. The Central Education Agency shall deposit the gifts
12-16 and grants in the state treasury to the credit of a special fund to
12-17 be used only for reimbursement under this subdivision.
12-18 Representatives of a state agency shall be reimbursed from the
12-19 funds of that agency.
12-20 (4) The commission shall:
12-21 (A) work with textbook publishers on the
12-22 development of processes for converting formatted text files to
12-23 American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) text
12-24 files needed for the production of Braille textbooks with
12-25 translation software;
12-26 (B) survey ongoing efforts in Texas and
12-27 elsewhere to develop computer software needed for automated
13-1 conversion of publisher text files to the ASCII format and
13-2 recommend additional software development projects, if needed. If
13-3 additional development efforts are needed, the commission shall
13-4 work with publishers and software developers to prioritize
13-5 typesetting system conversion efforts;
13-6 (C) study the feasibility of implementing a
13-7 process by which textbook publishers can transmit computerized
13-8 textbook ASCII data files through modem communication directly to
13-9 the computers of organizations producing Braille textbook masters;
13-10 and
13-11 (D) study any other issues the commission
13-12 determines are relevant and necessary to the implementation of
13-13 Subsection (e).
13-14 (5) <The Commissioner and the State Board of Education
13-15 shall report the commission's findings and a summary of their
13-16 activities to the 73rd Texas Legislature.>
13-17 <(6)> Unless continued in existence by further Acts of
13-18 the Texas Legislature, the commission is abolished on September 1,
13-19 1995.
13-20 SECTION 8. Section 14.021(d), Education Code, is amended to
13-21 read as follows:
13-22 (d) The Central Education Agency shall take actions
13-23 necessary to implement the long-range plan for technology. <The
13-24 commissioner shall report to the governor annually on the
13-25 implementation process.>
13-26 SECTION 9. Section 14.044(e), Education Code, is amended to
13-27 read as follows:
14-1 (e) The governing board shall:
14-2 (1) employ an executive director for the center; and
14-3 (2) adopt rules, subject to the approval of the State
14-4 Board of Education, for administration, operation, and management
14-5 of the center<; and>
14-6 <(3) report annually on the operation, projects, and
14-7 fiscal affairs of the center to the governor's office, the
14-8 Legislative Budget Board, and the State Board of Education>.
14-9 SECTION 10. Section 16.007(c), Education Code, as amended by
14-10 Chapters 347 and 520, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, 1993, is
14-11 reenacted to read as follows:
14-12 (c) Annually, the commissioner of education shall review the
14-13 Public Education Information Management System and shall repeal or
14-14 amend rules that require school districts to provide information
14-15 through the Public Education Information Management System that is
14-16 not necessary or useful. In reviewing and revising the Public
14-17 Education Information Management System, the commissioner shall
14-18 develop rules to ensure that the system provides useful, accurate,
14-19 and timely information on student demographics and academic
14-20 performance, personnel, and school district finances.
14-21 SECTION 11. Section 21.557(i), Education Code, is amended to
14-22 read as follows:
14-23 (i) Each school district shall maintain on file and
14-24 expeditiously make available on the request of a member of the
14-25 general public a copy of the report describing the district's
14-26 overall compensatory education program for educationally
14-27 disadvantaged students. The report must include sufficient detail
15-1 to describe the overall compensatory education program offered on
15-2 each campus and the activities and services provided on each campus
15-3 from each funding source. <The commissioner of education shall
15-4 develop model report formats that districts may use for the report.
15-5 The model formats must be designed to be easily understood by a
15-6 member of the general public and may not be overly burdensome for
15-7 districts to prepare. The commissioner shall submit the model
15-8 formats to the standing committees of the senate and house of
15-9 representatives with primary jurisdiction over the public school
15-10 system for comment and may not distribute the formats until the
15-11 commissioner has received and considered those comments.> Each
15-12 school district shall prepare and periodically update the
15-13 description of the district's compensatory education program to
15-14 accurately reflect the programs and services currently provided to
15-15 educationally disadvantaged students.
15-16 SECTION 12. Section 21.930(g), Education Code, is amended to
15-17 read as follows:
15-18 (g) Each district shall annually report to the Central
15-19 Education Agency the involvement of the district's professional
15-20 staff in district-level decisions under the policy and procedures
15-21 adopted under this section. <The agency shall compile the district
15-22 reports into a single report and present that report annually to
15-23 the legislature.>
15-24 SECTION 13. Section 23.34(e), Education Code, as added by
15-25 Chapter 660, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, 1993, is amended to read
15-26 as follows:
15-27 (e) During January and June of each year during which an
16-1 audit is being conducted, the school district shall submit to the
16-2 State Board of Education a report on the status of the audit. The
16-3 report must include a summary of the costs of the audit, current
16-4 audit activity, a schedule of future activity, audit
16-5 recommendations and results, pending refunds, and recovered
16-6 refunds. <The State Board of Education shall submit a summary of
16-7 the report to the governor, Legislative Budget Board, and
16-8 comptroller.> Not later than the 30th day after the date an audit
16-9 is completed, the school district shall submit to the State Board
16-10 of Education a report on the savings resulting from the audit,
16-11 including their source, and the costs of the audit. <The State
16-12 Board of Education shall submit a copy of this report to the
16-13 governor, Legislative Budget Board, and comptroller.>
16-14 SECTION 14. Sections 35.030(b) and (c), Education Code, are
16-15 amended to read as follows:
16-16 (b) The results of individual student performance on
16-17 academic skills assessment instruments administered under this
16-18 subchapter are confidential and may be made available only to the
16-19 student, the student's parent or guardian, the school personnel
16-20 directly involved with the student's educational program, and the
16-21 Central Education Agency as required by this subchapter. However,
16-22 overall student performance data shall be aggregated by grade
16-23 level, subject area, campus, and district and made available to the
16-24 public, with appropriate interpretations, at regularly scheduled
16-25 meetings of the governing board of each school district. The
16-26 information may not contain the names of individual students or
16-27 teachers. <The commissioner of education shall compile all of the
17-1 data and report it to the legislature, lieutenant governor, and
17-2 governor no later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year.>
17-3 (c) In compiling performance data under Subsection (b), a
17-4 district <or the commissioner of education> may aggregate
17-5 separately from the performance data of other students the
17-6 performance data of students enrolled in:
17-7 (1) a bilingual education or special language program
17-8 under Subchapter L, Chapter 21; or
17-9 (2) a special education program under Subchapter N,
17-10 Chapter 21.
17-11 SECTION 15. Section 35.102(c), Education Code, is amended to
17-12 read as follows:
17-13 (c) The Central Education Agency shall monitor and evaluate
17-14 deregulation of a school campus or district under this section and
17-15 Section 11.273 <and report annually on the effect of deregulation
17-16 on student achievement to the State Board of Education, the
17-17 Legislative Education Board, the governor, the lieutenant governor,
17-18 the speaker of the house of representatives, and the legislature.
17-19 The report must include a list of the exemptions utilized and a
17-20 review of the effectiveness of the waivers and exemptions
17-21 programs>.
17-22 SECTION 16. Section 35.121(c), Education Code, is amended to
17-23 read as follows:
17-24 (c) The commissioner of education shall review annually the
17-25 performance of a district or campus subject to this section to
17-26 determine the appropriate actions to be implemented under this
17-27 section. The commissioner must review at least annually the
18-1 performance of a district for which the accreditation rating has
18-2 been lowered due to unacceptable student performance and may not
18-3 raise the rating until the district has demonstrated improved
18-4 student performance. If the review reveals a lack of improvement,
18-5 the commissioner shall increase the level of state intervention and
18-6 sanction unless the commissioner finds good cause for maintaining
18-7 the current status. <At the beginning of the 1993-1994 school
18-8 year, the Central Education Agency shall rate any district with
18-9 clearly unacceptable performance as accredited warned and the
18-10 commissioner of education shall begin appropriate intervention in
18-11 the district. The commissioner of education shall report annually
18-12 to the governor, lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house
18-13 of representatives on districts or campuses subject to this section
18-14 the actions taken by the commissioner to improve student
18-15 performance and the results of those actions.>
18-16 SECTION 17. The following sections of the Education Code are
18-17 repealed:
18-18 (1) 11.204(d);
18-19 (2) 11.205(d);
18-20 (3) 11.27(h);
18-21 (4) 11.272(c), as amended by Chapter 520, Acts of the
18-22 73rd Legislature, 1993;
18-23 (5) 11.52(n);
18-24 (6) 11.902(c);
18-25 (7) 11.911;
18-26 (8) 11.956;
18-27 (9) 14.021(e);
19-1 (10) 14.0451(g), as added by Chapter 250, Acts of the
19-2 73rd Legislature, 1993;
19-3 (11) 16.054(e);
19-4 (12) 16.205(d), as amended by Chapter 520, Acts of the
19-5 73rd Legislature, 1993;
19-6 (13) 21.101(f);
19-7 (14) 21.113(g);
19-8 (15) 21.925(d);
19-9 (16) 35.032; and
19-10 (17) 35.041(d).
19-11 SECTION 18. The importance of this legislation and the
19-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
19-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
19-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
19-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.