By: Uresti S.B. No. 1854

(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 23, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 24, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0, 1 present not voting; April 24, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1854 By: Uresti

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring the review of public school district paperwork to limit paperwork requirements.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 11.164, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:

(b-1) Not less than once every six months, each district-level committee established under Section 11.251 shall review paperwork requirements imposed on classroom teachers and shall make recommendations to the board of trustees of the school district regarding the transfer to existing noninstructional staff of a reporting task that can reasonably be accomplished by that staff as authorized by Subsection (b).

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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