Amend HB 2906, by inserting the following new SECTIONS in the
appropriate location and renumbering as appropriate:
      SECTION _____ Section 42.006, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
      (d)  The agency shall make available to school districts
through the Internet information on the students, student
performance, staffing, and financing of Texas public school
districts, using data from the Public Education Information
Management System.  The agency shall provide the information by
county and region to enable a district to compare its results to
those of neighboring districts, its region, and statewide averages.
      SECTION _____ The State Auditor's Office shall discontinue
its production of the annual Savings Profile System for Texas
School Districts reports.
      SECTION _____ (a)  As soon as practicable, the Texas
Education Agency shall make available through the Internet the
information required by Subsection (d), Section 42.006, Education
Code, as added by this Act.
      (b)  On request by a school district, the Texas Education
Agency shall provide a report containing data comparable to that
provided by the State Auditor's Office in its Savings Profile
System for Texas School Districts reports until the information
required by Subsection (d), Section 42.006, Education Code, as
added by this Act, becomes available on the Internet.
      (c)  By September 1, 1997, the Texas Education Agency shall
notify each school district of the availability of the reports
provided in Subsection (b) and inform each district of when the
school district data provided in the reports will become available
on the Internet.