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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to enter into a |
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memorandum of understanding with regional day school programs for |
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the deaf regarding performance evaluation requirements for |
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accountability purposes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 30, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 30.088 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 30.088. REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR DEAF |
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. The agency and the five regional day |
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school programs for the deaf established under Section 30.084, |
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acting cooperatively, shall develop, agree to, and by commissioner |
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rule adopt no later than September 1, 2018, a memorandum of |
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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 regional day school |
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programs for the deaf; |
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(2) the process for the agency to conduct and report on |
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an annual evaluation of program performance on the indicators; |
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(3) the requirements for a program to publish, |
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discuss, and disseminate an annual report describing the |
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educational performance of the program; |
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(4) the process for the agency to conduct monitoring |
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reviews; and |
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(5) the type of information a program 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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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |