(a) At least once each even-numbered year, the commissioner shall review and, to the greatest extent practicable, reduce written reports and other paperwork required of a school district by the agency.
(a-1) The review conducted under Subsection (a) must include a comparison of the reports and paperwork required by state law and the reports and paperwork required by federal law. The commissioner shall eliminate any reports or paperwork required by state law that duplicate the content of reports or paperwork also required by federal law.

(b) The commissioner shall adopt a policy that limits written reports and other paperwork that a principal or classroom teacher may be required by the agency to complete.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district shall submit only in electronic format all reports required to be submitted to the agency under this code. The agency shall prescribe the electronic format to be used by a school district submitting a report to the agency.