By: Bell of Kaufman H.B. No. 3710
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing public school students and classroom teachers
tutorials for end-of-course assessment instruments required for
graduation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.0845 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.0845. ONLINE TUTORIALS FOR END-OF-COURSE
ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT PREPARATION. (a) The agency shall develop
interactive electronic tutorials that provide a comprehensive
review for each end-of-course assessment instrument listed in
Section 39.023(c).
(b) From funds appropriated for purposes of this section,
the agency shall make the tutorials developed under Subsection (a)
available to public school students and classroom teachers through
an online repository for classroom-ready instructional resources
operated by the agency.
(b-1) The agency shall provide the tutorials developed
under Subsection (a) through an online repository for
classroom-ready instructional resources not later than the
2020-2021 school year. This subsection expires September 1, 2021.
(c) A public school student or classroom teacher may not be
charged a fee for access to a tutorial provided through an online
repository for classroom-ready instructional resources under this
section or materials used in conjunction with a tutorial.
(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
administer this section.
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, 2019.