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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to review and revision of certain memoranda of |
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understanding. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.007, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Not later than December 31, 2013, and every five years |
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after that date, the memorandum of understanding required under |
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Subsection (b)(6) shall be reviewed and, as appropriate, revised. |
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SECTION 2. Section 29.012, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) Not later than December 31, 2013, and every five years |
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after that date, the memorandum of understanding adopted under |
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Subsection (d) shall be reviewed and, as appropriate, revised. |
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SECTION 3. Section 29.160, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c-3) to read as follows: |
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(c-3) Not later than December 31, 2013, and every five years |
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after that date, the memorandum of understanding required under |
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Subsection (c) shall be reviewed and, as appropriate, revised. |
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SECTION 4. Section 29.455, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Not later than December 31, 2013, and every five years |
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after that date, a memorandum of understanding under this section |
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shall be reviewed and, as appropriate, revised. |
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SECTION 5. Section 30.005, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 30.005. TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY |
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IMPAIRED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. (a) The Texas Education |
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Agency and the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired |
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shall develop, agree to, and by commissioner rule adopt a |
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memorandum of understanding to establish: |
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(1) the method for developing and reevaluating a set |
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of indicators of the quality of learning at the Texas School for the |
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Blind and Visually Impaired; |
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(2) the process for the agency to conduct and report on |
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an annual evaluation of the school's performance on the indicators; |
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(3) the requirements for the school's board to |
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publish, discuss, and disseminate an annual report describing the |
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educational performance of the school; |
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(4) the process for the agency to: |
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(A) assign an accreditation status to the school; |
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(B) reevaluate the status on an annual basis; and |
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(C) if necessary, make on-site accreditation |
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investigations; and |
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(5) the type of information the school shall be |
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required to provide through the Public Education Information |
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Management System (PEIMS). |
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(b) Not later than December 31, 2013, and every five years |
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after that date, the memorandum of understanding adopted under |
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Subsection (a) shall be reviewed and, as appropriate, revised. |
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SECTION 6. 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. |