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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the student academic performance information provided |
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through the Public Education Information Management System |
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(PEIMS). |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.006(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) Annually, the commissioner shall review the Public |
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Education Information Management System and shall repeal or amend |
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rules that require school districts to provide information through |
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the Public Education Information Management System that is not |
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necessary. In reviewing and revising the Public Education |
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Information Management System, the commissioner shall develop |
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rules to ensure that the system: |
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(1) provides useful, accurate, and timely information |
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on student demographics and academic performance, including |
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numerical grades earned in a class or course, personnel, and school |
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district finances; |
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(2) contains only the data necessary for the |
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legislature and the agency to perform their legally authorized |
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functions in overseeing the public education system; and |
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(3) does not contain any information related to |
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instructional methods, except as provided by Section 29.066 or |
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required by federal law. |
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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. |