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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to soliciting from school districts served by a regional |
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education service center certain information in conjunction with |
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the annual evaluation of the center. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 8.103, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 8.103. ANNUAL EVALUATION. (a) The commissioner shall |
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conduct an annual evaluation of each executive director and |
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regional education service center. Each evaluation must include: |
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(1) an audit of the center's finances; |
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(2) a review of the center's performance on the |
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indicators adopted under Section 8.101; |
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(3) a review of client satisfaction with services |
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provided under Subchapter B; and |
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(4) a review of any other factor the commissioner |
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determines to be appropriate. |
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(b) In conjunction with the review of client satisfaction |
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conducted under Subsection (a)(3), the commissioner shall solicit |
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from each school district served by a regional education service |
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center information regarding: |
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(1) the reliance of the district on the center for |
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assistance in complying with state education laws and rules; and |
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(2) the specific state education laws or rules with |
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which compliance is the most burdensome and expensive. |
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(c) The information solicited under Subsection (b) may not |
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be considered in the annual evaluation of a regional education |
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service center. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |