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| 1 | - | 86R26246 SOS-F | |
| 2 | - | By: Bell of Kaufman, Allen, Ashby, Bernal, H.B. No. 3710 | |
| 3 | - | VanDeaver | |
| 4 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3710: | |
| 5 | - | By: Bernal C.S.H.B. No. 3710 | |
| 1 | + | By: Bell of Kaufman H.B. No. 3710 | |
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| 7 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 9 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 10 | - | relating to providing school | |
| 11 | - | | |
| 6 | + | relating to providing public school students and classroom teachers | |
| 7 | + | tutorials for end-of-course assessment instruments required for | |
| 12 | 8 | graduation. | |
| 13 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | |
| 15 | 11 | amended by adding Section 29.0845 to read as follows: | |
| 16 | - | Sec. 29.0845. ELECTRONIC TUTORIALS FOR CERTAIN | |
| 17 | - | END-OF-COURSE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT PREPARATION. (a) The agency | |
| 18 | - | shall select three end-of-course assessment instruments listed in | |
| 19 | - | Section 39.023(c) and develop three two-hour electronic tutorials | |
| 20 | - | that provide a review of each course for which the applicable | |
| 21 | - | end-of-course assessment instrument is administered. | |
| 12 | + | Sec. 29.0845. ONLINE TUTORIALS FOR END-OF-COURSE | |
| 13 | + | ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT PREPARATION. (a) The agency shall develop | |
| 14 | + | interactive electronic tutorials that provide a comprehensive | |
| 15 | + | review for each end-of-course assessment instrument listed in | |
| 16 | + | Section 39.023(c). | |
| 22 | 17 | (b) From funds appropriated for purposes of this section, | |
| 23 | 18 | the agency shall make the tutorials developed under Subsection (a) | |
| 24 | - | available to school districts. | |
| 19 | + | available to public school students and classroom teachers through | |
| 20 | + | an online repository for classroom-ready instructional resources | |
| 21 | + | operated by the agency. | |
| 25 | 22 | (b-1) The agency shall provide the tutorials developed | |
| 26 | - | under Subsection (a) not later than the 2020-2021 school year. This | |
| 27 | - | subsection expires September 1, 2021. | |
| 28 | - | (c) A school district may not be charged a fee for access to | |
| 29 | - | a tutorial provided under this section or materials used in | |
| 30 | - | conjunction with a tutorial. | |
| 23 | + | under Subsection (a) through an online repository for | |
| 24 | + | classroom-ready instructional resources not later than the | |
| 25 | + | 2020-2021 school year. This subsection expires September 1, 2021. | |
| 26 | + | (c) A public school student or classroom teacher may not be | |
| 27 | + | charged a fee for access to a tutorial provided through an online | |
| 28 | + | repository for classroom-ready instructional resources under this | |
| 29 | + | section or materials used in conjunction with a tutorial. | |
| 31 | 30 | (d) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to | |
| 32 | 31 | administer this section. | |
| 33 | - | SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency is required to | |
| 34 | - | implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature | |
| 35 | - | appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the | |
| 36 | - | legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that | |
| 37 | - | purpose, the Texas Education Agency may, but is not required to, | |
| 38 | - | implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations | |
| 39 | - | available for that purpose. | |
| 40 | - | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 32 | + | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 41 | 33 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 42 | - | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 34 | + | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. | |
| 35 | + | If this | |
| 43 | 36 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 44 | 37 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |