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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to campus report cards posted on school district websites. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.252, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.252. NOTICE ON DISTRICT WEBSITE. Not later than the |
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10th day after the first day of instruction of each school year, a |
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school district that maintains an Internet website shall make the |
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following information available to the public through a link |
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displayed prominently on the front page of [on] the website: |
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(1) the information contained in the most recent |
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campus report card for each campus in the district, as determined |
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under Section 39.052; |
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(2) the information contained in the most recent |
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performance report for the district, as determined under Section |
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39.053, including the information listed under Section 39.053(e); |
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(3) the most recent performance rating of the |
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district, as determined under Section 39.072; [and] |
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(4) a definition and explanation of each performance |
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rating described by Section 39.072(a); |
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(5) educator statistics, including how many educators |
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employed by the district are not certified, and educator attrition |
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rates; and |
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(6) student disciplinary information, including: |
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(A) the number of in-school suspensions; and |
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(B) the number of out-of-school suspensions. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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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, 2009. |