| 1 | 1 | | By: Patrick (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) H.B. No. 2549 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 6, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Education; May 14, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 14, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the periodic review and revision of college and career |
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| 11 | 11 | | readiness standards in public education. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Sections 28.008(b) and (c), Education Code, are |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) The vertical teams shall: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) recommend for approval by the commissioner of |
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| 17 | 17 | | education and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board college |
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| 18 | 18 | | readiness standards and expectations that address what students |
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| 19 | 19 | | must know and be able to do to succeed in entry-level courses |
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| 20 | 20 | | offered at institutions of higher education; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) evaluate whether the high school curriculum |
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| 22 | 22 | | requirements under Section 28.002 and other instructional |
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| 23 | 23 | | requirements serve to prepare students to successfully perform |
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| 24 | 24 | | college-level course work; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) recommend how the public school curriculum |
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| 26 | 26 | | requirements can be aligned with college readiness standards and |
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| 27 | 27 | | expectations; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (4) develop instructional strategies for teaching |
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| 29 | 29 | | courses to prepare students to successfully perform college-level |
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| 30 | 30 | | course work; [and] |
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| 31 | 31 | | (5) develop or establish minimum standards for |
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| 32 | 32 | | curricula, professional development materials, and online support |
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| 33 | 33 | | materials in English language arts, mathematics, science, and |
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| 34 | 34 | | social studies, designed for students who need additional |
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| 35 | 35 | | assistance in preparing to successfully perform college-level |
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| 36 | 36 | | course work; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | (6) periodically review and revise the college |
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| 38 | 38 | | readiness standards and expectations developed under Subdivision |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) and recommend revised standards for approval by the |
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| 40 | 40 | | commissioner of education and the Texas Higher Education |
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| 41 | 41 | | Coordinating Board. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (c) The commissioner of education and the Texas Higher |
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| 43 | 43 | | Education Coordinating Board by rule shall: |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) establish the composition and duties of the |
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| 45 | 45 | | vertical teams established under this section; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) establish a schedule for the periodic review |
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| 47 | 47 | | required under Subsection (b)(6), giving consideration to the cycle |
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| 48 | 48 | | of review and identification under Section 28.002 of the essential |
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| 49 | 49 | | knowledge and skills of subjects of the required curriculum. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 51 | 51 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 52 | 52 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 54 | 54 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 55 | 55 | | * * * * * |
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