Floor Packet Page No. 86 Amend CSSB 4 by adding the following new SECTION, appropriately numbered, and by renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly: SECTION _____. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 21.410 to read as follows: Sec. 21.410. RESTRICTING WRITTEN REPORTS. (a) The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy to limit redundant requests for information and the number and length of written reports that a classroom teacher is required to prepare. Except as provided by Subsection (b), a classroom teacher may not be required to prepare a written report other than: (1) a report of a student's grade on a particular assignment or examination; (2) a report of a student's grades at the end of a grade reporting period; (3) a textbook report; (4) a unit or weekly lesson plan report that outlines, in a brief and general manner, the information to be presented during each period at the secondary level or in each subject or topic at the elementary level; (5) an attendance report; (6) a report required for accreditation review; (7) any other report specifically required by law or State Board of Education rule to be prepared by a classroom teacher; or (8) any other report directly related to the professional duties of a classroom teacher. (b) If information is required under federal or state law, regulation, or rule and the only reasonable manner in which to collect the information is with the direct involvement of a classroom teacher, the teacher may be required to provide the information. (c) This section does not preclude a school district from collecting essential information, in addition to information specified under Subsection (a) or (b), from a classroom teacher if: (1) participation is entirely at the discretion of the teacher and the school district does not directly or indirectly coerce the teacher to participate; and, (2) the decision not to participate is not held against the teacher.