83R2086 GCB-D
 
  By: Marquez H.B. No. 344
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an exit audit of a school district and an exit interview
  of a school district superintendent.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 7.038 to read as follows:
         Sec. 7.038.  EXIT AUDIT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT ON DEPARTURE OF
  SUPERINTENDENT. (a) On receipt by the commissioner of an exit
  interview questionnaire for a superintendent submitted under
  Section 11.2011(c), the agency shall conduct an exit audit of the
  school district that employed the superintendent.
         (b)  In conducting the exit audit required by this section,
  the agency shall assess the condition of the district at the time
  the superintendent leaves employment according to criteria
  established by the agency. The agency shall include in the criteria
  consideration of whether, during the employment of the
  superintendent, any complaints were made about the superintendent,
  the district, or an employee of the district that relate to equal
  opportunity for persons of all ethnic groups, for women, or for
  persons with disabilities.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter E, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 11.2011 to read as follows:
         Sec. 11.2011.  SUPERINTENDENT EXIT INTERVIEW. (a) The
  board of trustees of a school district shall conduct an exit
  interview with a superintendent who leaves the employment of the
  district by resignation, by nonrenewal of a term contract under
  Section 21.212, or by termination.
         (b)  The agency shall develop an exit interview
  questionnaire for use under this section. The agency may base the
  questionnaire on the questionnaire developed by the state auditor
  under Section 651.007, Government Code.
         (c)  The board of trustees of a school district shall submit
  to the commissioner a copy of the completed exit interview
  questionnaire administered in accordance with this section.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.