H.B. No. 1993
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authorization of independent school districts to
  use electronic means to notify parents of a student's academic
  performance.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 28.022, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  A district that uses an electronic platform for
  communicating student grade and performance information to parents
  may permit a parent to sign a notice required under Subsections
  (a)(2) and (a)(3) electronically, so long as the district retains a
  record verifying the parent's acknowledgment of the required
  notice. A district that accepts electronic signatures under this
  subsection must offer parents the option to provide a handwritten
  signature as provided under Subsection (b).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1993 was passed by the House on April
  23, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1993 on May 18, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 129, Nays 0,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1993 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 13, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor