Amend CSHB 3459 by adding appropriately numbered SECTIONS and 
renumbering remaining SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 11.164, Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 11.164.  RESTRICTING WRITTEN INFORMATION [REPORTS].  
(a)  The [On an annual basis, the] board of trustees of each school 
district shall limit redundant requests for information and[, after 
soliciting recommendations from each campus-level committee and 
the district-level committee, consider] the number and length of 
written reports that a classroom teacher is [employees of the 
district are] required to prepare.  A classroom teacher may not be 
required to prepare any written information other than:
		(1)  any report concerning the health, safety, or 
welfare of a student;
		(2)  a report of a student's grade on an assignment or 
examination;  
		(3)  a report of a student's academic progress in a 
class or course; 
		(4)  a report of a student's grades at the end of each 
grade reporting period;
		(5)  a textbook report;                                                
		(6)  a unit or weekly lesson plan that outlines, in a 
brief and general manner, the information to be presented during 
each period at the secondary level or in each subject or topic at 
the elementary level;
		(7)  an attendance report;                                             
		(8)  any report required for accreditation review;                     
		(9)  any information required by a school district that 
relates to a complaint, grievance, or actual or potential 
litigation and that requires the classroom teacher's involvement; 
or
		(10)  any information specifically required by law, 
rule, or regulation.
	(b)  The board of trustees shall review paperwork 
requirements imposed on classroom teachers and shall transfer to 
existing noninstructional staff a reporting task that can 
reasonably be accomplished by that staff.
	(c)  This section does not preclude a school district from 
collecting essential information, in addition to information 
specified under Subsection (a), from a classroom teacher on 
agreement between the classroom teacher and the district.
	SECTION ____.  This Act applies beginning with the 2003-2004 
school year.