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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to evaluation under the public school accountability |
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system of the delivery of library resources. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.072, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b-1) Additional criteria in the rules for rating a school |
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district under this section must include consideration of the |
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effectiveness of the district's delivery of resources from school |
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libraries. |
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(c) The agency shall evaluate against state standards and |
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shall, not later than August 1 of each year, report the performance |
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of each campus in a district and each open-enrollment charter |
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school on the basis of the campus's performance on the indicators |
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adopted under Sections 39.051(b)(1) through (8). Consideration of |
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the effectiveness of district programs under Subsection (b)(2) or |
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(3) must be based on data collected through the Public Education |
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Information Management System for purposes of accountability under |
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this chapter and include the results of assessments required under |
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Section 39.023. Consideration of the effectiveness of district |
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delivery of library resources under Subsection (b-1) must be based |
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on whether a library is located on each campus and whether a |
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librarian is employed by the district to staff a library at each |
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campus. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |