89R3554 MEW-F
 
  By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 514
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an annual school district profile report by the Texas
  Education Agency.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 7.009 to read as follows:
         Sec. 7.009.  SCHOOL DISTRICT PROFILE REPORT. (a) Not later
  than December 31 of each year, the agency shall prepare and make
  available on the agency's Internet website a report that provides
  an overview of public education at the state and school district
  levels for the preceding school year. 
         (b)  The report must:
               (1)  include multiple browsable and downloadable data
  elements that:
                     (A)  combine data into summary tables based on
  specific characteristics of school districts; and 
                     (B)  provide specific data on individual school
  districts; 
               (2)  include a peer search function that allows a user
  to group school districts by shared characteristics; and
               (3)  provide definitions for each data element and the
  source of the data. 
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.