Bill Text: TX HB344 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an exit audit of a school district and an exit interview of a school district superintendent.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-02 - Left pending in committee [HB344 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB344-Introduced.html
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| By: Marquez | H.B. No. 344 | |
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| relating to an exit audit of a school district and an exit interview | ||
| of a school district superintendent. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 7.038 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 7.038. EXIT AUDIT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT ON DEPARTURE OF | ||
| SUPERINTENDENT. (a) On receipt by the commissioner of an exit | ||
| interview questionnaire for a superintendent submitted under | ||
| Section 11.2011(c), the agency shall conduct an exit audit of the | ||
| school district that employed the superintendent. | ||
| (b) In conducting the exit audit required by this section, | ||
| the agency shall assess the condition of the district at the time | ||
| the superintendent leaves employment according to criteria | ||
| established by the agency. The agency shall include in the criteria | ||
| consideration of whether, during the employment of the | ||
| superintendent, any complaints were made about the superintendent, | ||
| the district, or an employee of the district that relate to equal | ||
| opportunity for persons of all ethnic groups, for women, or for | ||
| persons with disabilities. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 11, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 11.2011 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 11.2011. SUPERINTENDENT EXIT INTERVIEW. (a) The | ||
| board of trustees of a school district shall conduct an exit | ||
| interview with a superintendent who leaves the employment of the | ||
| district by resignation, by nonrenewal of a term contract under | ||
| Section 21.212, or by termination. | ||
| (b) The agency shall develop an exit interview | ||
| questionnaire for use under this section. The agency may base the | ||
| questionnaire on the questionnaire developed by the state auditor | ||
| under Section 651.007, Government Code. | ||
| (c) The board of trustees of a school district shall submit | ||
| to the commissioner a copy of the completed exit interview | ||
| questionnaire administered in accordance with this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
