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. 1-32 * * * * *