1-1     By:  Smith (Senate Sponsor - Bivins)                  H.B. No. 3463
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
 1-3     May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Education; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to a school district's release of certain records.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1.  Section 7.057(c), Education Code, is amended to
1-11     read as follows:
1-12           (c)  In an appeal against a school district, the commissioner
1-13     shall issue a decision based on a review of the record developed at
1-14     the district level under a substantial evidence standard of review.
1-15     A school district's disclosure of the record to the commissioner
1-16     under this subsection is not an offense under Section 551.146,
1-17     Government Code.
1-18           SECTION 2.  Section 21.301(b), Education Code, is amended to
1-19     read as follows:
1-20           (b)  The school district must file a response not later than
1-21     the 20th day after the date the petition for review is filed.  The
1-22     record of the local hearing must be filed with the district's
1-23     response or be filed alone within the period for a response if the
1-24     district does not file a response.  A school district's filing of
1-25     the record with the commissioner under this subsection is not an
1-26     offense under Section 551.146, Government Code.
1-27           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-28     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-29     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-30     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-31     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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