83R1191 PAM-D
By: White H.B. No. 704
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to public school curriculum standards and assessment
instruments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), (b-3), and (b-4) to read as
follows:
(b-1) In this section, "common core state standards" means
the national curriculum standards developed by the Common Core
State Standards Initiative.
(b-2) The State Board of Education may not adopt common core
state standards to comply with a duty imposed under this chapter.
(b-3) A school district may not use common core state
standards to comply with the requirement to provide instruction in
the essential knowledge and skills at appropriate grade levels
under Subsection (c).
(b-4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a
school district or open-enrollment charter school may not be
required to offer any aspect of a common core state standards
curriculum.
SECTION 2. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows:
(a-3) The agency may not adopt or develop a
criterion-referenced assessment instrument under this section
based on common core state standards as defined by Section
28.002(b-1).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the 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, 2013.