HBA-MPM H.B. 201 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 201
By: Seaman
Public Education
3/5/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

State law requires school districts to provide a copy of employment
policies to each teacher and a copy of state provisions regarding
alternative settings for behavior management to teachers and
administrators. These requirements may burden some school districts with
the cost of providing copies. House Bill 201 requires the board of trustees
to provide copies of the information only upon request.  Additionally, the
bill requires the placement of this information on the school district's
website, if a district website exists. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 201 amends the Education Code to require the board of trustees
of a school district to provide a copy of the board's employment policies
only upon request of a teacher.  The bill requires the board to make a copy
of the employment policies available at each school district for inspection
at a reasonable time, and if the district has its own website, to post the
district's employment policies on the Internet.   

The bill also modifies the requirement that a school district provide
teachers and administrators with a copy of state law pertaining to
alternative settings for behavior management to require districts to
provide a copy only on the request of a teacher or an administrator.  The
bill also requires school districts to post a copy of the law on its
Internet website, if it has one. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage or, if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001. The Act applies beginning with the
2001-2002 school year.