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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to procedures for the submission by school districts of |
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amended data through the Public Education Information Management |
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System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 42, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 42.0061 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0061. PROCEDURES FOR SUBMISSION OF AMENDED DATA TO |
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PUBLIC EDUCATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (PEIMS). (a) To |
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promote the efficient and effective allocation of scarce school |
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resources, the commissioner shall permit each school district to |
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amend previous Public Education Information Management System data |
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submissions until the fifth anniversary of the date on which the |
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data was initially submitted for the purposes of providing accurate |
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data and recovering, in accordance with this section, any funds the |
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district is entitled to based on that accurate data. |
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(b) The commissioner shall appoint at least one contact |
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person in the agency to assist school districts with issues |
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involving recovery of funds based on an amended Public Education |
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Information Management System data submission. |
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(c) The commissioner shall maintain and make available the |
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application used for processing Public Education Information |
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Management System submissions as necessary to allow amended data to |
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be efficiently processed by a school district for purposes of this |
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section. |
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(d) A school district superintendent's certification of a |
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district's initial Public Education Information Management System |
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submission does not waive the district's right to amend the data for |
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purposes of this section. |
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(e) A third party with demonstrated competence in Public |
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Education Information Management System data and data analysis, |
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other than a certified public accountant, audit firm, or financial |
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audit firm, may prepare any amended data for submission under this |
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section. |
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(f) A school district's superintendent must certify that |
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amended data is correct and has been prepared by a party with |
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demonstrated competence in Public Education Information Management |
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System data and data analysis. |
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(g) A school district must maintain documentation necessary |
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to verify the amended data in electronic form or paper copy. |
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(h) An initial Public Education Information Management |
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System submission and any amended submission may be used as |
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documentation to support the recovery of funding under this |
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section. All amended data must comply with business rules in effect |
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for the year for which the data is being amended. |
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(i) After a school district submits amended data evidencing |
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entitlement to recovery of funds, the commissioner shall promptly |
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pay the district by adjustment to the district's allotments for |
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each year affected. |
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(j) A school district is not required to run data reports |
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from previous year data systems. The district may use the state |
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supported Internet application used for Public Education |
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Information Management System submissions for processing amended |
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data under this section. |
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(k) The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |