By:  Bohac (Senate Sponsor - Staples)                             H.B. No. 3297
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2005; 
May 13, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Education; May 20, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote:  
Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 20, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the inclusion of certain public school accountability 
information in a student's grade report card and on a school 
district's Internet website.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 39, Education Code, is amended by adding 
Subchapter J to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER J.  NOTICE OF PERFORMANCE
	Sec. 39.251.  NOTICE IN STUDENT GRADE REPORT.  The first 
written notice of a student's performance that a school district 
gives during a school year as required by Section 28.022(a)(2) must 
include the following information:
		(1)  the most recent performance rating of the campus 
at which the student is enrolled, as determined under Section 
39.072; and
		(2)  a definition and explanation of each performance 
rating described by Section 39.072(a).
	Sec. 39.252.  NOTICE ON DISTRICT WEBSITE.  Not later than the 
10th day after the first day of instruction of each school year, a 
school district that maintains an Internet website shall make the 
following information available to the public on the website:
		(1)  the information contained in the most recent 
campus report card for each campus in the district, as determined 
under Section 39.052;
		(2)  the information contained in the most recent 
performance report for the district, as determined under Section 
39.053;
		(3)  the most recent performance rating of the 
district, as determined under Section 39.072; and
		(4)  a definition and explanation of each performance 
rating described by Section 39.072(a).
	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.



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