By Lucio S.B. No. 358
77R2345 CAS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to an assessment mechanism to assess adult education
1-3 programs and program participants.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 29.252, Education Code, is amended by
1-6 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-7 (c) The agency shall contract with a public or private
1-8 entity for that entity to complete the development of the
1-9 assessment mechanism prescribed under Subsection (a). Before the
1-10 agency enters into the contract, personnel in the agency's division
1-11 responsible for adult and community education shall consult with
1-12 appropriate personnel in other divisions of the agency in preparing
1-13 a request for proposals for the agency to post in soliciting
1-14 proposals for development of the assessment mechanism. The agency
1-15 shall use federal funds available for that purpose to pay the costs
1-16 incurred under the contract. In addition to requirements under
1-17 Subsection (b), the completed assessment mechanism must include:
1-18 (1) enhancement to the adult community education
1-19 information management system to ensure:
1-20 (A) integrity of the system's data; and
1-21 (B) the system's capacity to meet the management
1-22 information needs of local entities that provide adult and
1-23 community education programs;
1-24 (2) a rating system for adult education programs;
2-1 (3) an Internet-based system to disseminate reports to
2-2 the public concerning program results; and
2-3 (4) a long-term program evaluation strategy to
2-4 identify the program components that are most effective in serving
2-5 persons in adult education programs.
2-6 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-7 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-8 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-9 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-10 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.