86R26371 MEW-F
By: Bell of Montgomery, Bernal, Howard, H.B. No. 963
Johnson of Harris
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a review by the State Board of Education of the
essential knowledge and skills of the career and technology and
technology applications curriculums.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Not later than March 1, 2020, the State Board of
Education shall:
(1) conduct a review of the essential knowledge and
skills of the career and technology and technology applications
curriculums; and
(2) amend the board's rules in the Texas
Administrative Code to consolidate the technology applications
courses for grades 9 through 12 in 19 T.A.C. Chapter 126, Subchapter
C, with the career and technical education courses in 19 T.A.C.
Chapter 130, and eliminate duplicative courses while ensuring
certifications are aligned with the rigor of each individual
course.
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.