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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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 document evaluating the |
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performance of a teacher or administrator, including a teacher or |
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administrator employed by an open-enrollment charter school, is |
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confidential. |
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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. |