85R3330 PAM-D
By: Leach H.B. No. 1069
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to compliance with prohibitions regarding the use of
common core state standards in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.002(b-3), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(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). The State Board of Education by rule shall
adopt procedures to monitor school districts to ensure that
districts comply with the prohibition provided by this subsection.
SECTION 2. 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, 2017.