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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the acquisition of certain professional services by a |
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school district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.109, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.109. ACQUISITION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. (a) In |
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addition to other interventions and sanctions authorized under this |
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subchapter, the commissioner may order a school district or campus |
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to acquire professional services at the expense of the district or |
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campus to address the applicable financial, assessment, data |
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quality, program, performance, or governance deficiency. The |
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commissioner's order may require the district or campus to: |
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(1) select or be assigned an external auditor, data |
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quality expert, professional authorized to monitor district |
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assessment instrument administration, or curriculum or program |
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expert; or |
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(2) provide for or participate in the appropriate |
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training of district staff or board of trustees members in the case |
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of a district, or campus staff, in the case of a campus. |
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(b) An educator approved as a professional service provider |
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to provide services to a school district or campus ordered to |
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acquire the service in accordance with this section may not charge |
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the district for the service more than: |
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(1) $75 per hour; or |
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(2) a fixed amount equivalent to that hourly rate. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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39.109, Education Code, applies to the payment for services |
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provided or to payment owed pursuant to a contract for services |
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entered on or after the effective date of this Act. The payment for |
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services provided or payment owed pursuant to a contract for |
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services entered before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect on the date the contract was entered, if any, or |
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on the date the service was provided if no contract was entered, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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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, 2015. |