86R14258 KJE-D
By: Capriglione H.B. No. 3846
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the development of additional instruction that may be
used by a public school after administration of all state-required
assessment instruments for the school year.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 28.0162 to read as follows:
Sec. 28.0162. ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION OFFERED AFTER
ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS. (a) For each topic
described by Subsection (b), the State Board of Education shall
develop and make available to each school district or
open-enrollment charter school additional instruction intended for
use during the period of a school year occurring after the
completion of the administration of all assessment instruments
required under Section 39.023 for that school year.
(b) The topics for the additional instruction must include:
(1) personal financial literacy;
(2) computer coding; and
(3) cybersecurity.
(c) The State Board of Education may contract with a public
or private entity to develop the additional instruction under this
section.
(d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
elect to use all or any part of the additional instruction developed
under this section during the period described by Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2020, the State Board
of Education shall develop and make available to each school
district or open-enrollment charter school the additional
instruction required under Section 28.0162, Education Code, as
added by this Act.
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.