By:  Zaffirini                                                    S.B. No. 188
	(In the Senate - Filed January 14, 2005; February 1, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Education; 
March 29, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7, 
Nays 0; March 29, 2005, sent to printer.)


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 process for the agency to:                                    
			(A)  assign an accreditation status to the school;                    
			(B)  reevaluate the status on an annual basis; and                    
			(C)  if necessary, make on-site accreditation 
investigations; and   
		(5)  the type of information the school shall be 
required to provide through the Public Education Information 
Management System (PEIMS).
	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, 2005.



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