| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 4310 |
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| 1 | + | By: Dutton (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 4310 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Education; May 17, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable |
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| 5 | + | Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; |
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| 6 | + | May 17, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 4310 By: Hughes |
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| 4 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 13 | | relating to a school district's scope and sequence for subjects in |
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| 6 | 14 | | the required curriculum for public school students. |
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| 7 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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| 9 | 17 | | amended by adding Section 28.0027 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 18 | | Sec. 28.0027. DISTRICT CURRICULUM SCOPE AND SEQUENCE. (a) |
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| 11 | 19 | | In adopting a recommended or designated scope and sequence for a |
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| 12 | 20 | | subject in the required curriculum under Section 28.002(a) in a |
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| 13 | 21 | | particular grade level, a school district shall ensure sufficient |
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| 14 | 22 | | time is provided for teachers to teach and students to learn the |
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| 15 | 23 | | essential knowledge and skills for that subject and grade level. |
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| 16 | 24 | | (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a school district |
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| 17 | 25 | | may not penalize a teacher who does not follow a recommended or |
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| 18 | 26 | | designated scope and sequence for a subject in the required |
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| 19 | 27 | | curriculum under Section 28.002(a) in a particular grade level |
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| 20 | 28 | | based on the teacher's determination that the teacher's students |
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| 21 | 29 | | need more or less time in a specific area to demonstrate proficiency |
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| 22 | 30 | | in the essential knowledge and skills for that subject and grade |
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| 23 | 31 | | level. |
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| 24 | 32 | | (c) A school district may take appropriate action with |
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| 25 | 33 | | respect to a teacher for conduct described by Subsection (b) based |
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| 26 | 34 | | on documented evidence of a deficiency in classroom instruction |
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| 27 | 35 | | obtained through observation or substantiated and documented |
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| 28 | 36 | | third-party information. |
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| 29 | 37 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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| 30 | 38 | | school year. |
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| 31 | 39 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 40 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 41 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 42 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 43 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 36 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 37 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 38 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 4310 was passed by the House on April |
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| 39 | | - | 25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
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| 40 | | - | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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| 41 | | - | No. 4310 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 8, |
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| 42 | | - | 2 present, not voting. |
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| 43 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 45 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 4310 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 46 | | - | amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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| 47 | | - | 1. |
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| 48 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 50 | | - | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 51 | | - | Date |
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| 52 | | - | __________________ |
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| 53 | | - | Governor |
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| 44 | + | * * * * * |
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