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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to restrictions on written information required to be |
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provided by public school teachers and a study by the commissioner |
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of education concerning implementation of the restrictions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 7.060, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The commissioner shall conduct a study of how a school |
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district can timely accomplish the results prescribed under Section |
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11.164(d) concerning reduction in the written information a teacher |
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is required to prepare. Not later than January 1, 2013, the |
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commissioner shall submit the results of the study to the governor, |
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the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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representatives, and the presiding officers of each legislative |
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standing committee with primary jurisdiction over public education |
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and make the results available to each school district in this |
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state. This subsection expires January 31, 2013. |
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SECTION 2. Section 11.164, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) In addition to the requirements otherwise prescribed by |
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this section, the board of trustees of each school district shall |
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adopt policies that result in a substantial reduction of the total |
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amount of written information that a teacher is required to |
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prepare, as determined in comparison to the total amount of written |
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information required to be prepared by a teacher during the |
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2011-2012 school year. The board of trustees shall base the amount |
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of the reduction required on the results of the study conducted |
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under Section 7.060(c). A school district shall implement the |
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policies required by this subsection beginning not later than the |
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2014-2015 school year. This subsection expires September 1, 2015. |
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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, 2011. |