Texas Association of School Administrators Internet Postings Required for School Districts Updated November 24, 2009

Note: The statutory provisions listed below “require” posting only if a school district maintains a website

Administrative

Notice of School Board Meeting (Government Code, §551.056(a)-(b))

• Requires the posting of a meeting notice on the district's website, if a website is maintained.

Agenda for School Board Meeting (Government Code, §551.056)

• Requires the agenda to be concurrently posted with the meeting notice on the website if the school district maintains a website and contains all or part of the area within the corporate boundaries of a municipality with a population of 48,000 or more.

Campus Report Card, Performance Report, District Rating (Education Code, §39.362), as amended by HB 3 (81^stLegislature))

• Requires a school district that maintains a website to post the most recent campus report card for each campus in the district, the information in the most recent performance report, the most recent accreditation status and performance rating of the district, and a definition and explanation of each accreditation status and performance rating.

Targeted Improvement Plan (Education Code, §39.106(e-1)(2), as amended by HB 3 (81^st Legislature))

• Requires a school district to post on its website, prior to a hearing, the targeted improvement plan a board of trustees will consider.

School Board's Employment Policies (Education Code, §21.204(d))

• Requires the posting of the employment policies on the website, if a website is maintained.

Group Health Coverage Report and Plan (Education Code, §22.004(d), as amended by HB 2427 (80^thLegislature))

• Requires a school district that does not participate in the TRS uniform group insurance program to post on its website, if it maintains a website, the annual report submitted to TRS and a copy of the group health coverage plan.

Conflict Disclosure Statements and Questionnaires (Local Government Code, §176.009(a), as amended by HB 1491 (80^thLegislature))

• Requires access to statements and questionnaires on the website if a school district maintains a website; school districts are not required to maintain a website.

Vacancy Postings (Education Code, §11.1513(d)(1)(B), as amended by SB 300 (81^st Legislature))

• Allows at least ten days notice of a vacant position requiring a certificate or license to be posted on the district's website, if the school district maintains a website.

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Superintendent's Contract (FIRST, Title 19 Administrative Code, §109.1005(b)(2)(A))

• Allows the publication of the superintendent's contract on the district's Internet website in lieu of submitting it in the district's annual financial management report.

Check Register (FIRST, Title 19 Administrative Code, §109.1002(e)(2)(D))

• Allows the publication of the check register on the district's website to receive points in calculating the 65% expenditure requirement.

Finance

Electricity, Water, and Natural Gas Costs (Government Code, §2264.001(b), as amended by HB 3693 (80^thLegislature))

• Requires the posting of the metered amounts of electricity, water, and gas consumption for which the district is required to pay and the aggregate amounts of those services.

Maintenance and Operations Tax Rate (Tax Code, §26.05(b))

• Requires a school district to post on its website a statement that indicates that it adopted a tax rate that will raise more taxes for maintenance and operations than last year's tax rate.

Summary of Proposed Budget (Education Code, §44.0041, as amended during the 79^th Legislature, Third Called Session)

• Requires a school district to post on the district's website a summary of the proposed budget if it maintains a website; summary must be concurrently posted with notice of the budget.

Adopted Budget (Education Code, §39.084, as amended by HB 3 (81^stLegislature))

• Requires a school district to prominently display on the district's website for three years an external link of the budget adopted by the board of trustees.

Landowner's Bill of Rights (Property Code, §21.0112(b)(2), as amended by HB 1495 (80^th Legislature))

• Requires a school district to make available, if technologically feasible, on its Internet website a landowner's bill of rights prepared by the Attorney General.

Academic

Testing for Home Schooled Students (Education Code, §29.916(c), as amended by HB 1844, (80^thLegislature))

• Requires a school district to post on its website, if it maintains one, the dates that PSAT/NMSQT or any college advanced placement test will be administered, the availability of the exams to home schooled students and the procedures to register for them.

Electronic Courses (Education Code, §29.909(f))

• Requires a school district participating in the program to create maintain on its website and “informed choice” report in format determined by the commissioner.

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College Credit Programs (Education Code, §28.010(b), as amended by SB 282, (80^th Legislature))

• Allows a school district to post on its website a notice regarding the availability of college credit programs in the district.

Health

Physical Activity Policies (Education Code, §28.004(k))

• Requires a school district to post on its website, if it maintains a website, a statement of its physical activity policies for elementary, middle school, and junior high school students and statement of the number of times during the preceding year the health advisory council met, whether the district has adopted and enforces policies to ensure that campuses are complying with vending machine and food service guidelines, and whether the district has adopted and enforces policies that penalizes the use of tobacco products by students.

Immunization Awareness (Education Code, §38.019, as amended by HB 1059 (80^thLegislature))

• Requires a school district that maintains a website to prominently post in English and Spanish the immunizations required for public school, any immunizations or vaccines recommended for public school students, any health clinics that offer the influenza vaccine, and a link to the Department of State Health Services website where a person can learn about the procedures to claim an exemption from the immunization requirements.

If you have any questions or know of other material that must be posted, please contact Amy Beneski or Ramiro Canales at (512) 477-6361.

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