79R942 PAM-D

By:  Dutton                                                       H.B. No. 463



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to evaluation under the public school accountability 
system of the delivery of library resources.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 39.072, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as 
follows:
	(b-1)  Additional criteria in the rules for rating a school 
district under this section shall include consideration of the 
effectiveness of the district's delivery of resources from school 
libraries.
	(c)  The agency shall evaluate against state standards and 
shall, not later than August 1 of each year, report the performance 
of each campus in a district and each open-enrollment charter 
school on the basis of the campus's performance on the indicators 
adopted under Sections 39.051(b)(1) through (7).  Consideration of 
the effectiveness of district programs under Subsection (b)(2) or 
(3) must be based on data collected through the Public Education 
Information Management System for purposes of accountability under 
this chapter and include the results of assessments required under 
Section 39.023.  Consideration of the effectiveness of district 
delivery of library resources under Subsection (b-1) must be based 
on whether a library is located on each campus and whether a 
librarian is employed by the district to staff a library at each 
campus.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006 
school year.       
	SECTION 3.  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, 2005.