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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the adoption of standards for school financial |
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accounting software. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I. Financial Accountability, |
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Education Code, is amended by adding a section 39.205 to read as |
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follows: |
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Section 39.205. SCHOOL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE |
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STANDARDS. The commissioner, in consultation with the Department |
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of Information Resources shall adopt standards for the performance |
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and interoperability of school financial and attendance accounting |
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software. Standards shall assure that the software will provide |
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school districts with the ability to share and report data in a |
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timely manner for the purposes of financial management, operational |
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decision making and public transparency. The Department of |
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Information Resources shall, through its contracting processes, |
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award contracts that require the vendors to certify that software |
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products have met standards adopted under this section. The |
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Department of Information Resources shall include the standards |
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adopted under this section as a requirement in the solicitations |
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for school financial and attendance accounting software and may |
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negotiate state contract pricing for such products that meet the |
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standards. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |