78R4674 SLO-F
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 548
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a memorandum of understanding between the Texas School
for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas Education Agency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 30.005, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 30.005. TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY
IMPAIRED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. The Texas Education Agency
and the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired shall
develop, agree to, and by commissioner rule adopt [no later than
September 1, 1998,] a memorandum of understanding to establish:
(1) the method for developing and reevaluating a set
of indicators of the quality of learning at the Texas School for the
Blind and Visually Impaired;
(2) the process for the agency to conduct and report on
an annual evaluation of the school's performance on the indicators;
(3) the requirements for the school's board to
publish, discuss, and disseminate an annual report describing the
educational performance of the school; [and]
(4) the type of information the school shall be
required to provide through the Public Education Information
Management System (PEIMS); and
(5) the process for the agency to assign an
accreditation status to the school, to reevaluate the status on an
annual basis, and, if necessary, to make on-site accreditation
investigations.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2004, the Texas
Education Agency and the Texas School for the Blind and Visually
Impaired shall develop, agree to, and by commissioner of education
rule adopt a memorandum of understanding concerning issues
specified by Section 30.005(5), Education Code, as added by this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.