BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 422

By: Allen

Public Education

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

It has been suggested that there is no regular check to ensure that independent school district boards of trustees create the district-level and campus-level planning and decision-making committees required by law and that the lack of the properly constituted committees is sometimes only discovered after the fact. H.B. 422 seeks to ensure that these school boards comply with the requirements regarding the establishment of these committees by requiring each such board to annually certify that compliant establishment.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

H.B. 422 amends the Education Code to require the board of trustees of an independent school district, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, to annually certify to the Texas Education Agency in accordance with commissioner of education rule that the board has established the district-level and campus-level planning and decision-making committees.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2019.