Section 11.164 - Restricting Written Information(a) The board of trustees of each school district shall limit redundant requests for information and the number and length of written reports that a classroom teacher is required to prepare. A classroom teacher may not be required to prepare any written information other than: (1) any report concerning the health, safety, or welfare of a student; (2) a report of a student's grade on an assignment or examination; (3) a report of a student's academic progress in a class or course; (4) a report of a student's grades at the end of each grade reporting period; (5) a report on instructional materials; (6) subject to Subsection (a-1), a unit or weekly lesson plan that outlines, in a brief and general manner, the information to be presented during each period at the secondary level or in each subject or topic at the elementary level;(7) an attendance report; (8) any report required for accreditation review; (9) any information required by a school district that relates to a complaint, grievance, or actual or potential litigation and that requires the classroom teacher's involvement; or (10) any information specifically required by law, rule, or regulation.(a-1) A unit or weekly lesson plan that is included in instructional material, as defined by Section 31.002, and adopted by the board of trustees of the school district at which a teacher is employed is sufficient to satisfy a requirement to prepare written information described by Subsection (a)(6). (b) The board of trustees shall review paperwork requirements imposed on classroom teachers and shall transfer to existing noninstructional staff a reporting task that can reasonably be accomplished by that staff.(c) This section does not preclude a school district from collecting essential information, in addition to information specified under Subsection (a), from a classroom teacher on agreement between the classroom teacher and the district.Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 818,Sec. 1, eff. 6/13/2023, app. beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.Amended by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6, Sec. 10, eff. 7/19/2011.Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, Sec. 6, eff. 9/1/2003.Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1320, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1997.