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Amend CSSB 1031 as follows:
(1) On page 1, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill:
SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 7.032 to read as follows:
Sec. 7.032. SUMMARY REPORT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION
ACCOUNTABILITY MANDATES. (a) In this section, "public education
accountability mandate" means an accountability requirement
established by federal or state law.
(b) The agency shall prepare a summary report that:
(1) identifies each public education accountability
mandate that applies in this state; and
(2) references the federal or state law authorizing the
mandate.
(c) The agency shall:
(1) make the summary report produced under this section
available as an electronic document on the agency's Internet
website; and
(2) update the electronic document periodically to
include any additions or changes to the summary report.
(d) Not later than December 1, 2008, the agency shall deliver
in an electronic format a copy of the summary report produced under
this section to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the
house, and presiding officers of the standing committees of each
house of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over public
education. The summary report provided under this subsection must
include the following additional information relating to public
education accountability mandates:
(1) whether a mandate imposed by federal law duplicates
all or part of a mandate imposed by state law; and
(2) whether any conflict exists between a mandate
imposed by federal law and a mandate imposed by state law.
(e) Subsection (d) and this subsection expire January 15,
2009.
(2) Renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.