Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB404 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R19198 MM-F
2	2	By: Anchia, Perez, Allen, et al. H.B. No. 404
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 404:
4	4	By: Dutton C.S.H.B. No. 404
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6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to higher education curriculum review teams to review
10	10	public school curriculum standards for college readiness purposes.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Section 28.0025 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 28.0025. HIGHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM REVIEW TEAMS.
15	15	(a) In this section:
16	16	(1) "Board" means the State Board of Education.
17	17	(2) "Institution of higher education" and "private or
18	18	independent institution of higher education" have the meanings
19	19	assigned by Section 61.003.
20	20	(b) For each subject undergoing a review for the purpose of
21	21	identifying and adopting the essential knowledge and skills of a
22	22	subject of the foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1),
23	23	the board shall appoint a higher education curriculum review team
24	24	to review and make recommendations to the board concerning the
25	25	essential knowledge and skills to ensure that proposed essential
26	26	knowledge and skills:
27	27	(1) are factually accurate and aligned with
28	28	contemporary scholarship;
29	29	(2) are aligned with college and career readiness
30	30	standards and serve to prepare students for college; and
31	31	(3) serve appropriate instructional purposes.
32	32	(c) Each higher education curriculum review team shall
33	33	consist of not fewer than 5 and not more than 10 faculty members of
34	34	institutions of higher education or private or independent
35	35	institutions of higher education. The board shall make the
36	36	appointments to each higher education curriculum review team from
37	37	among persons nominated by the commissioner or the commissioner of
38	38	higher education.
39	39	(d) Each member nominated by the commissioner must have in
40	40	the subject under review:
41	41	(1) at least five years of teaching experience; and
42	42	(2) credentials that satisfy the faculty credential
43	43	guidelines established by the Commission on Colleges of the
44	44	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
45	45	(e) Each member nominated by the commissioner of higher
46	46	education must have in the subject under review:
47	47	(1) at least five years of higher education teaching
48	48	experience; and
49	49	(2) credentials that satisfy the faculty credential
50	50	guidelines established by the Commission on Colleges of the
51	51	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
52	52	(f) In selecting their respective nominees for a higher
53	53	education curriculum review team, the commissioner and the
54	54	commissioner of higher education shall each:
55	55	(1) attempt to achieve a balanced combination of
56	56	educational perspectives, including by geographic area, race, and
57	57	sex; and
58	58	(2) give preference to nominees who have teaching
59	59	experience in this state at an institution of higher education or a
60	60	private or independent institution of higher education.
61	61	(g) At times and places determined by the chair of the
62	62	board, before and after the board considers on first reading
63	63	proposed essential knowledge and skills of a subject for which a
64	64	higher education curriculum review team has been appointed under
65	65	this section, that higher education curriculum review team shall
66	66	meet to review the proposed essential knowledge and skills. The
67	67	team shall submit to the board the results of the team's review and
68	68	any recommendations for changes. The board may consider the team's
69	69	recommendations in adopting the proposed essential knowledge and
70	70	skills.
71	71	(h) The agency shall post on the agency's Internet website
72	72	the recommendations of each higher education curriculum review
73	73	team.
74	74	(i) The commissioner and the commissioner of higher
75	75	education shall coordinate with the board as necessary for the
76	76	administration of this section.
77	77	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
78	78	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
79	79	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
80	80	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
81	81	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.