Bill Text: TX HB2120 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to school district hearings regarding complaints.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-26 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB2120 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2120-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Bell of Kaufman, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Perry) | H.B. No. 2120 | |
| (In the Senate - Received from the House April 28, 2021; | ||
| May 4, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
| Education; May 19, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
| Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 19, 2021, sent to printer.) | ||
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| relating to school district hearings regarding complaints. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 11.1511(b), Education Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The board shall: | ||
| (1) seek to establish working relationships with other | ||
| public entities to make effective use of community resources and to | ||
| serve the needs of public school students in the community; | ||
| (2) adopt a vision statement and comprehensive goals | ||
| for the district and the superintendent and monitor progress toward | ||
| those goals; | ||
| (3) establish performance goals for the district | ||
| concerning: | ||
| (A) the academic and fiscal performance | ||
| indicators under Subchapters C, D, and J, Chapter 39; and | ||
| (B) any performance indicators adopted by the | ||
| district; | ||
| (4) ensure that the superintendent: | ||
| (A) is accountable for achieving performance | ||
| results; | ||
| (B) recognizes performance accomplishments; and | ||
| (C) takes action as necessary to meet performance | ||
| goals; | ||
| (5) adopt a policy to establish a district- and | ||
| campus-level planning and decision-making process as required | ||
| under Section 11.251; | ||
| (6) publish an annual educational performance report | ||
| as required under Section 39.306; | ||
| (7) adopt an annual budget for the district as | ||
| required under Section 44.004; | ||
| (8) adopt a tax rate each fiscal year as required under | ||
| Section 26.05, Tax Code; | ||
| (9) monitor district finances to ensure that the | ||
| superintendent is properly maintaining the district's financial | ||
| procedures and records; | ||
| (10) ensure that district fiscal accounts are audited | ||
| annually as required under Section 44.008; | ||
| (11) publish an end-of-year financial report for | ||
| distribution to the community; | ||
| (12) conduct elections as required by law; | ||
| (13) by rule, adopt a process through which district | ||
| personnel, students or the parents or guardians of students, and | ||
| members of the public may obtain a hearing from the district | ||
| administrators and the board regarding a complaint that must: | ||
| (A) unless otherwise provided by law, include: | ||
| (i) an initial administrative hearing; and | ||
| (ii) an opportunity to appeal the | ||
| administrative decision following the initial hearing; and | ||
| (B) unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, | ||
| provide for a resolution of the complaint not later than 120 | ||
| calendar days after the date on which the complaint was filed; | ||
| (14) make decisions relating to terminating the | ||
| employment of district employees employed under a contract to which | ||
| Chapter 21 applies, including terminating or not renewing an | ||
| employment contract to which that chapter applies; and | ||
| (15) carry out other powers and duties as provided by | ||
| this code or other law. | ||
| SECTION 2. The board of trustees of a school district shall | ||
| adopt a process for a hearing in accordance with Section | ||
| 11.1511(b), Education Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as | ||
| practicable after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
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