82S10183 EAH-F
	By: Zedler	H.B. No. 66

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the availability of certain school district financial
	information on districts' Internet websites.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 44, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 44.0031 to read as follows:
	Sec. 44.0031.  INTERNET ACCESS TO FINANCIAL DATA. (a)
	Except as otherwise provided by this section, a school district
	shall post on the district's Internet website or on an Internet
	website hosted by the district's business or financial services
	department for viewing by interested persons a copy of the
	district's:
	(1)  annual budget;
	(2)  end-of-year financial report; and
	(3)  checking account transaction register.
	(b)  A school district may not include in the district's
	checking account transaction register under Subsection (a)(3) a
	check issued to a district employee in payment of salary, wages, or
	an employment stipend.
	(c)  A school district may not post any information protected
	by state or federal law regarding confidentiality of health or
	education records.
	(d)  The superintendent and chief financial officer of a
	school district shall jointly notify the commissioner when the
	financial data required under Subsection (a) is available to
	interested persons. The notification must include information
	regarding the current and expected costs associated with
	implementing and maintaining the requirements of this section.
	(e)  If a school district is unable to post all or part of the
	financial data required under Subsection (a), the superintendent
	and chief financial officer of the school district shall jointly
	submit a letter to the commissioner explaining why the district is
	unable to post the financial data, including the results of any
	applicable cost analysis performed by or for the district.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2012.