By Wise H.B. No. 357
77R1915 BDH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to grounds for special accreditation investigations of
1-3 school districts.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 39.075(a), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (a) The commissioner shall authorize special accreditation
1-8 investigations to be conducted under the following circumstances:
1-9 (1) when excessive numbers of absences of students
1-10 eligible to be tested on state assessment instruments are
1-11 determined;
1-12 (2) when excessive numbers of allowable exemptions
1-13 from the required state assessment are determined;
1-14 (3) in response to complaints submitted to the agency
1-15 with respect to alleged violations of civil rights or other
1-16 requirements imposed on the state by federal law or court order;
1-17 (4) in response to established compliance reviews of
1-18 the district's financial accounting practices and state and federal
1-19 program requirements;
1-20 (5) when extraordinary numbers of student placements
1-21 in alternative education programs, other than placements under
1-22 Sections 37.006 and 37.007, are determined; [or]
1-23 (6) in response to an allegation involving a conflict
1-24 between members of the board of trustees or between the board and
2-1 the district administration if it appears that the conflict
2-2 involves a violation of a role or duty of the board members or the
2-3 administration clearly defined by this code; or
2-4 (7) in response to an allegation that the
2-5 district-level and site-based decision-making process under
2-6 Subchapter F, Chapter 11, is not properly functioning, if the
2-7 person making the allegation has exhausted the person's remedies
2-8 through the district's grievance process.
2-9 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-10 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-11 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-12 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-13 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.