Texas Association of School Administrators Internet Postings Required for School Districts
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March 03, 2008
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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, §39.252)
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 performance rating of the district, and a definition and explanation
of each performance rating.
School Board’s Employment Policies (Education Code, §21.204(d))
Requires the posting of a meeting notice on the website, if a website is maintained.
Group Health Coverage Report and Plan (Education Code, §22.004(d), as amended by HB 2427
(80th Legislature))
Requires a school district 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 (80th Legislature))
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, §11.163(d)(1)(B))
Requires at least ten days notice of a vacant position in the school district to be posted on
the district’s website, if the school district maintains a website.
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.
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Finance
Electricity, Water, and Natural Gas Costs (Government Code, §2264.001(b), as amended by HB
3693 (80th Legislature))
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 79th
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.
Landowner’s Bill of Rights (Property Code, §21.0112(b)(2), as amended by HB 1495 (80th
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,
(80th Legislature))
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.
E
lectronic 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.
College Credit Programs (Education Code, §28.010(b), as amended by SB 282, (80th
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
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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 (80th Legislature))
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.
