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78R3097 JSA-D

By:  Shapleigh                                                    S.B. No. 571



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the comptroller to conduct performance 
reviews of general academic teaching institutions.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 403.020, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 403.020.  PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND 
GENERAL ACADEMIC TEACHING INSTITUTIONS. (a)  In this section, 
"general academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by 
Section 61.003, Education Code.
	(b)  The comptroller may periodically review the 
effectiveness and efficiency of the budgets and operations of:
		(1)  school districts; and                                      
		(2)  general academic teaching institutions.                           
	(c)  A review of a school district may be initiated by the 
comptroller or by the request of the [school] district. A review of 
a general academic teaching institution may be initiated by the 
comptroller or by the request of the Texas Higher Education 
Coordinating Board or of the institution.
	(d)  A review may be initiated by a school district only by 
resolution adopted by a majority of the members of the board of 
trustees of the district.  A review may be initiated by a general 
academic teaching institution only at the request of the president 
of the institution or by a resolution adopted by a majority of the 
governing board of the institution.
	(e) [(b)]  If a review is initiated by the school district or 
general academic teaching institution, the district or institution
shall pay 25 percent of the cost incurred in conducting the review.
	(f)  A review of a general academic teaching institution 
under this section must include review of the institution's:
		(1)  fiscal operations;                                                
		(2)  management;                                                       
		(3)  student services; and                                             
		(4)  curriculum.                                                       
	(g) [(c)]  The comptroller shall:                      
		(1)  prepare a report showing the results of each 
review conducted under this section;
		(2)  file the report with:                                             
			(A)  the school district or general academic 
teaching institution that is the subject of the report;
			(B) [,]  the governor;                        
			(C) [,]  the lieutenant governor;             
			(D) [,]  the speaker of the house of 
representatives;
			(E) [,]  the chairs of the standing committees of 
the senate and of the house of representatives with jurisdiction 
over public education;
			(F)  the commissioner of higher education, if a 
general academic teaching institution is the subject of the report;
[,] and
			(G)  the commissioner of education, if a school 
district is the subject of the report; and
		(3)  make the entire report and a summary of the report 
available to the public on the Internet.
	SECTION 2.   This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.