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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to promoting efficiency in school district administration |
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by limiting, reducing, simplifying, or eliminating certain |
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processes and procedures. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 7.060(a) and (b), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) At least once each [even-numbered] year, the |
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commissioner shall review and, to the greatest extent practicable, |
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reduce and consolidate written reports and other paperwork, |
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including surveys, required of a school district by the agency. |
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(b) The commissioner shall adopt a policy that limits |
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written reports and other paperwork, including surveys, that a |
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principal or classroom teacher may be required by the agency to |
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complete. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.1045 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.1045. COMMISSIONER REVIEW OF ASSESSMENT |
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PROCEDURES. The commissioner shall review the procedures for |
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performing, reporting, and analyzing the results of physical |
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fitness assessment instruments administered under this subchapter |
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and develop alternative procedures for simplifying, to the greatest |
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extent practicable, each stage of the process. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.0225 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.0225. PERSONNEL FOR ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT |
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INSTRUMENTS. Each school district shall review assessment |
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instrument administration procedures and develop a plan to reduce, |
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to the greatest extent practicable, the number of personnel used to |
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administer assessment instruments required under Section 39.023. |
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SECTION 4. The heading to Section 39.035, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.035. [LIMITATION ON] FIELD TESTING OF ASSESSMENT |
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INSTRUMENTS PROHIBITED. |
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SECTION 5. Section 39.035(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The [Subject to Subsection (b), the] agency may not |
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conduct field testing of questions for any assessment instrument |
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administered under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), (d), or (l) [that
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is separate from the administration of the assessment instrument
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not more frequently than every other school year]. |
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SECTION 6. Sections 39.035(b) and (c), Education Code, are |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |