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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to adoption of standards for school district financial |
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accounting and attendance reporting software. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.205 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.205. SOFTWARE STANDARDS. (a) The commissioner, in |
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consultation with the Department of Information Resources, shall |
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adopt performance and interoperability standards for software used |
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by school districts for financial accounting or attendance |
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reporting. |
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(b) Standards adopted under this section must ensure that |
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the software will enable a school district to share and report |
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information in a timely manner for purposes of financial |
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management, operational decision-making, and transparency of |
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district operations to the public. |
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(c) The Department of Information Resources: |
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(1) shall include compliance with standards adopted |
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under this section as a requirement in any solicitation for |
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software anticipated to be used for a purpose described by |
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Subsection (a); |
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(2) shall require a vendor awarded a contract in |
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response to a solicitation described by Subdivision (1) to certify |
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that the software complies with the standards adopted under this |
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section; and |
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(3) may negotiate state contract pricing for software |
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that complies with the standards adopted under this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |