SRC-JJJ S.B. 1081 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center S.B. 1081 76R8008 CAS-DBy: Shapleigh Education 4/12/1999 As Filed DIGEST Currently, Texas law does not require that campus report cards detail class size by grade level, subject, or special program. Parents should only be informed as to the actual, rather than the average, class size in which their student is enrolled. S.B. 1081 would require certain information regarding report cards on the performance of public school campuses. PURPOSE As proposed, S.B. 1081 requires certain information regarding report cards on the performance of public school campuses to be distributed to certain persons. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Sections 39.052(b) and (c), Education Code, to include in the information in a report card regarding student/classroom teacher ratios and class size by grade level, subject, and special program. Includes in the dissemination of the adoption of certain rules relating to report cards to each member of the campus-level planning and decision-making committee established under Chapter 11F. SECTION 2. Provides that the changes in this Act apply beginning with report cards on the performance of public school campuses issued for the 1999-2000 school year. SECTION 3. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.