By Barrientos S.B. No. 617 74R1906 KKA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the creation of an office of parental involvement at 1-3 the Central Education Agency. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Education Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 11.2093 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 11.2093. OFFICE OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT. (a) The 1-8 Central Education Agency shall establish and maintain an Office of 1-9 Parental Involvement to promote parental participation in public 1-10 education. The office shall: 1-11 (1) serve as a central location from which parents may 1-12 obtain information concerning state laws, local school district 1-13 policies, and agency policies that affect public education and 1-14 parental rights; 1-15 (2) receive, investigate, and, if possible, resolve 1-16 complaints from parents concerning public education as it relates 1-17 to their children; and 1-18 (3) assist regional education service centers in 1-19 providing training to parents in site-based decision-making skills 1-20 and procedures. 1-21 (b) If the office is unable to resolve a complaint received 1-22 under Subsection (a)(2), a parent may pursue further review of the 1-23 complaint under Section 11.13. 1-24 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-5 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-6 passage, and it is so enacted.