New Web Site Posting Requirements
for school district web pages
By Susan Sullivan
September 04, 2009
WEBSITE POSTING REQUIREMENTS
A district – if they have a website – is required to post information regarding:
Employment
opportunities (posted for 10 days before the vacancy is filled) and
Employment policies (Texas Education Code §11.163)
Policies regarding
(Texas Education Code §28.004)
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- Physical activity (if they have a policy) for elementary, middle and junior high students
- Number of times the school health advisory council has met
- Information on whether the district has adopted and enforces policies regarding vending machines
- Information on whether the district has adopted and enforces policies that prescribe penalties for the use of tobacco products.
- Notification to parents that they can request in writing their child's physical fitness assessment results at the end of the school year.
Electronic course
information (if they offer them), along with other posting
requirements related to the program (Texas Education Code
§29.909)
No later than the
10th day after the first day of instruction:
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- Campus Report Card (Texas Education Code §39.252)
- District Performance Report (Texas Education Code §39.252)
- Accountability rating and accreditation status of district, including a definition of each rating and status (Texas Education Code §39.252)
Proposed district
budget summary which will remain
on the website for three years after adoption (Texas
Education Code §44.0041 and House Bill 3)
Post notice of
meetings (Government Code § 551.056)
If a
school district does not meet the 65% instructional expenditure
requirement (indicator 13) a district may post their check
registers and their gross payroll amount for the year
If a district
publishes its check registers, it should be updated at least
quarterly, and the register should include:
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- Name of Payee
- Transaction Amount
- Date of the Check
Test Administration
Dates including PSAT, ACT, and other college advanced placement
tests for home schooled students information. (HB 1844)
Post in English and
Spanish required immunizations and vaccines required or recommended
by the Texas
Department of State Health Services , health clinics in the
district that offer influenza vaccine and a link to the Department of State Health
Services Internet website providing procedures for claiming an
exemption from requirements in Section 38.001, Education
Code. (HB 1059)
M&O tax rate if
it exceeds the effective rate (Tax code 26.05b)
Notification for
claimed copyright infringement (17 U.S.C. 512c)
Conflicts of
interest disclosure statements and questionnaires filed (Gov
Code § 176.009)
Landowner’s Bill of
Rights Statement as prepared by the Attorney General (HB 1495 §
402.031)
Metered amount of
electricity, water or natural gas consumed and the aggregate costs
for these utilities (HB 3693 Chapter 2264)
A link to the portion of
the Comptroller’s website that contains information related to that
district if the district participates in tax abatement agreements
(HB 3676)
Recommended Items:
- School Calendar
- Student Code of Conduct
- Handbook(s) / District Crisis Plan (include the rights of employees to assault leave in employee handbook)
- School Board Minutes/Agendas
- Calendars
- Honor Roll Information
- UIL Sportsmanship Manual
- Site-based Decision Making Team Minutes/Agendas
- District Plan –(must include the Dating Violence Policy ~HB121)
- Availability of programs for which a student can earn college credit. (SB 282)
