Texas 2017 - 85th 1st C.S.

Texas House Bill HB173 Compare Versions

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1	1	85S10692 MM-F
2	2	By: Anchia H.B. No. 173
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to higher education curriculum review teams to review
8	8	public school curriculum standards for college readiness purposes.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 28.0025 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 28.0025. HIGHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM REVIEW TEAMS.
13	13	(a) In this section:
14	14	(1) "Board" means the State Board of Education.
15	15	(2) "Institution of higher education" and "private or
16	16	independent institution of higher education" have the meanings
17	17	assigned by Section 61.003.
18	18	(b) For each subject undergoing a review for the purpose of
19	19	identifying and adopting the essential knowledge and skills of a
20	20	subject of the foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1),
21	21	the board shall appoint a higher education curriculum review team
22	22	to review and make recommendations to the board concerning the
23	23	essential knowledge and skills to ensure that proposed essential
24	24	knowledge and skills:
25	25	(1) are factually accurate and aligned with
26	26	contemporary scholarship;
27	27	(2) are aligned with college and career readiness
28	28	standards and serve to prepare students for college; and
29	29	(3) serve appropriate instructional purposes.
30	30	(c) Each higher education curriculum review team shall
31	31	consist of not fewer than 5 and not more than 10 faculty members of
32	32	institutions of higher education or private or independent
33	33	institutions of higher education. The board shall make the
34	34	appointments to each higher education curriculum review team from
35	35	among persons nominated by the commissioner or the commissioner of
36	36	higher education.
37	37	(d) Each member nominated by the commissioner must have in
38	38	the subject under review:
39	39	(1) at least five years of teaching experience; and
40	40	(2) credentials that satisfy the faculty credential
41	41	guidelines established by the Commission on Colleges of the
42	42	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
43	43	(e) Each member nominated by the commissioner of higher
44	44	education must have in the subject under review:
45	45	(1) at least five years of higher education teaching
46	46	experience; and
47	47	(2) credentials that satisfy the faculty credential
48	48	guidelines established by the Commission on Colleges of the
49	49	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
50	50	(f) In selecting their respective nominees for a higher
51	51	education curriculum review team, the commissioner and the
52	52	commissioner of higher education shall each:
53	53	(1) attempt to achieve a balanced combination of
54	54	educational perspectives, including by geographic area, race, and
55	55	sex; and
56	56	(2) give preference to nominees who have teaching
57	57	experience in this state at an institution of higher education or a
58	58	private or independent institution of higher education.
59	59	(g) At times and places determined by the chair of the
60	60	board, before and after the board considers on first reading
61	61	proposed essential knowledge and skills of a subject for which a
62	62	higher education curriculum review team has been appointed under
63	63	this section, that higher education curriculum review team shall
64	64	meet to review the proposed essential knowledge and skills. The
65	65	team shall submit to the board the results of the team's review and
66	66	any recommendations for changes. The board may consider the team's
67	67	recommendations in adopting the proposed essential knowledge and
68	68	skills.
69	69	(h) The agency shall post on the agency's Internet website
70	70	the recommendations of each higher education curriculum review
71	71	team.
72	72	(i) The commissioner and the commissioner of higher
73	73	education shall coordinate with the board as necessary for the
74	74	administration of this section.
75	75	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
76	76	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
77	77	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
78	78	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
79	79	Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
80	80	legislative session.