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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of documents evaluating the |
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performance of public school teachers and administrators. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.355, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.355. CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) A document evaluating |
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the performance of a teacher or administrator is confidential. |
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(b) Subsection (a) applies to a teacher or administrator |
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employed by an open-enrollment charter school regardless of whether |
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the teacher or administrator is certified under Subchapter B. |
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(c) At the request of a school district or open-enrollment |
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charter school at which a teacher or administrator has applied for |
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employment, an open-enrollment charter school may give the |
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requesting district or school a document evaluating the performance |
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of a teacher or administrator employed by the school. |
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SECTION 2. Section 21.355, Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies to each document described by that section, |
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regardless of whether the document was created before, on, or after |
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the effective date of this Act. |
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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. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2971 was passed by the House on April |
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14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2971 on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2971 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |