86R26246 SOS-F
By: Bell of Kaufman, Allen, Ashby, Bernal, H.B. No. 3710
VanDeaver
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3710:
By: Bernal C.S.H.B. No. 3710
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing school districts electronic tutorials for
certain 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. ELECTRONIC TUTORIALS FOR CERTAIN
END-OF-COURSE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT PREPARATION. (a) The agency
shall select three end-of-course assessment instruments listed in
Section 39.023(c) and develop three two-hour electronic tutorials
that provide a review of each course for which the applicable
end-of-course assessment instrument is administered.
(b) From funds appropriated for purposes of this section,
the agency shall make the tutorials developed under Subsection (a)
available to school districts.
(b-1) The agency shall provide the tutorials developed
under Subsection (a) not later than the 2020-2021 school year. This
subsection expires September 1, 2021.
(c) A school district may not be charged a fee for access to
a tutorial provided 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. The Texas Education Agency is required to
implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature
appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the
legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
purpose, the Texas Education Agency may, but is not required to,
implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations
available for that purpose.
SECTION 3. 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.