86R14219 JES-D
By: Allison H.B. No. 3709
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the adoption of instructional materials for the
technology applications curriculum in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 31.023, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) In adopting the list of instructional materials for the
technology applications curriculum, the State Board of Education
must include instructional materials that cover the essential
knowledge and skills for the digital citizenship strand of the
curriculum for each grade level in which digital citizenship is
required to be covered.
SECTION 2. Section 31.023(c), Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to an instructional material list adopted on
or after the effective date of this Act. An instructional material
list adopted before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect when the instructional material list was adopted,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.