79R8404 PAM-F

By:  King of Parker                                               H.B. No. 3091



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to quality management certification for public schools.              
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 7.033 to read as follows:
	Sec. 7.033.  QUALITY MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.  (a)  
The commissioner by rule shall adopt a quality management 
certification program to encourage school districts and 
open-enrollment charter schools to obtain International 
Organization for Standardization ISO 9000 quality management 
certification.
	(b)  The commissioner by rule shall identify areas of 
compliance in which the quality management certification program 
would enhance performance, including:
		(1)  compliance with federal law and regulations;                      
		(2)  financial accountability, including compliance 
with grant requirements; and
		(3)  data integrity for purposes of:                                   
			(A)  the Public Education Information Management 
System (PEIMS); and
			(B)  accountability under Chapter 39.                                 
	(c)  For purposes of compliance monitoring, discretionary 
grant administration, and reporting through to the Public Education 
Information Management System (PEIMS), the commissioner by rule 
shall  develop a method for recognizing a school district or 
open-enrollment charter school that receives and maintains 
International Organization for Standardization ISO 9000 quality 
management certification.
	(d)  From funds appropriated for the purposes of this 
section, the commissioner shall award grants to support a quality 
management certification program.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 11.168 to read as follows:
	Sec. 11.168.  CERTIFICATION FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT 
STANDARDS.  Each school district may apply for International 
Organization for Standardization ISO 9000 certification for 
quality management standards and apply for renewal of that 
certification, as applicable.
	SECTION 3.  Section 39.053(a), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  Each board of trustees shall publish an annual report 
describing the educational performance of the district and of each 
campus in the district that includes uniform student performance 
and descriptive information as determined under rules adopted by 
the commissioner.  The annual report must also include:
		(1)  campus performance objectives established under 
Section 11.253 and the progress of each campus toward those 
objectives, which shall be available to the public;
		(2)  the performance rating for the district as 
provided under Section 39.072(a) and the performance rating of each 
campus in the district as provided under Section 39.072(c);
		(3)  the district's current special education 
compliance status with the agency;
		(4)  a statement of the number, rate, and type of 
violent or criminal incidents that occurred on each district 
campus, to the extent permitted under the Family Educational Rights 
and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g);
		(5)  information concerning school violence prevention 
and violence intervention policies and procedures that the district 
is using to protect students; [and]
		(6)  the findings that result from evaluations 
conducted under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act 
of 1994 (20 U.S.C. Section 7101 et seq.) and its subsequent 
amendments; [and]
		(7)  information received under Section 51.403(e) for 
each high school campus in the district, presented in a form 
determined by the commissioner; and
		(8)  evidence that the district currently holds 
International Organization for Standardization ISO 9000 
certification for quality management standards or a statement that 
the district does not hold that certification.
	SECTION 4.  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.