By Tillery H.B. No. 1344 77R3819 KKA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to reports and other written information required to be 1-3 provided by public school classroom teachers. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 21.411 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 21.411. RESTRICTIONS ON REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) 1-8 Subject to this section, a school district may require a classroom 1-9 teacher to prepare any report or provide any other written 1-10 information required by federal or state statute or rule. 1-11 (b) A school district shall provide a classroom teacher with 1-12 access to the district's information management system as 1-13 appropriate to expedite preparation of required reports and other 1-14 written information. 1-15 (c) A classroom teacher may not be required to: 1-16 (1) prepare a report or provide other written 1-17 information that duplicates information available under the 1-18 district's information management system; 1-19 (2) provide the same written information more than 1-20 once during a school year; or 1-21 (3) complete a form regarding compliance with the 1-22 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 1-23 et seq.) that is not required by the United States Department of 1-24 Education. 2-1 (d) Annually the agency shall evaluate the types of reports 2-2 and other written information that classroom teachers are required 2-3 to provide and make recommendations to the commissioner regarding 2-4 elimination of duplicative requirements and, when practical, 2-5 reduction of other requirements. 2-6 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002 2-7 school year. 2-8 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-9 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-10 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-11 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-12 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.