HBA-SEB H.B. 3519 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3519
By: Madden
Public Education
4/20/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, an employee of a school district must obtain a parent's written
consent before the employee may conduct a certain psychological test or
record or authorize the recording of the child or the child's voice on a
videotape or recorder.  H.B. 3519 provides that a school district employee
must also obtain written consent of a child's parent before the employee
may require the child to take part in a pilot or experimental program or
curriculum. 

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. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 26.009, Education Code, to provide that an
employee of a school district must obtain written consent of a child's
parent before the employee may require the child to take part in a pilot or
experimental program or curriculum.  Makes a conforming change. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.