Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 963
	1	+	By: Bell of Montgomery, et al. H.B. No. 963
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Taylor)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2019;
	4	+	May 3, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	5	+	Education; May 15, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
	6	+	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0;
	7	+	May 15, 2019, sent to printer.)
	8	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	9	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 963 By: Taylor
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	12	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	13		AN ACT
5		-	relating to the ~~availability~~ of ~~school district trustee information~~
6		-	~~on the Internet and a review of the~~ essential knowledge and skills
7		-	~~of certain curricula~~.
	14	+	relating to a review by the State Board of Education of the
	15	+	essential knowledge and skills of the career and technology and
	16	+	technology applications curriculums.
8	17		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9		-	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
10		-	amended by adding Section 11.1518 to read as follows:
11		-	Sec. 11.1518. TRUSTEE INFORMATION POSTED ON WEBSITE. (a)
12		-	Each school district that maintains an Internet website shall post
13		-	on the website the name, e-mail address, and term of office,
14		-	including the date the term began and the date the term expires, of
15		-	each member of the district's board of trustees.
16		-	(b) If a school district does not maintain an Internet
17		-	website, the district shall submit the information required by
18		-	Subsection (a) to the agency. On receipt of the district's
19		-	information, the agency shall post the information on the agency's
20		-	Internet website.
21		-	(c) Each time there is a change in the membership of a school
22		-	district's board of trustees, the district shall update the
23		-	information required under Subsection (a) and, as applicable:
24		-	(1) post the updated information on the district's
25		-	Internet website; or
26		-	(2) submit the updated information to the agency for
27		-	posting on the agency's Internet website in accordance with
28		-	Subsection (b).
29		-	SECTION 2. Not later than March 1, 2020, the State Board of
	18	+	SECTION 1. Not later than March 1, 2020, the State Board of
30	19		Education shall:
31	20		(1) conduct a review of the essential knowledge and
32	21		skills of the career and technology and technology applications
33		-	~~curricula~~; and
	22	+	curriculums; and
34	23		(2) amend the board's rules in the Texas
35	24		Administrative Code to consolidate the technology applications
36	25		courses for grades 9 through 12 in 19 T.A.C. Chapter 126, Subchapter
37	26		C, with the career and technical education courses in 19 T.A.C.
38	27		Chapter 130, and eliminate duplicative courses while ensuring
39	28		certifications are aligned with the rigor of each individual
40	29		course.
41		-	SECTION 3. The State Board of Education is required to
	30	+	SECTION 2. The State Board of Education is required to
42	31		implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature
43	32		appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the
44	33		legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
45	34		purpose, the State Board of Education may, but is not required to,
46	35		implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations
47	36		available for that purpose.
48		-	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	37	+	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
49	38		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
50	39		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
51	40		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
52	41		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
53		-	______________________________ ______________________________
54		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
55		-	I certify that H.B. No. 963 was passed by the House on May 2,
56		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 3, 1 present, not
57		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
58		-	No. 963 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 18,
59		-	1 present, not voting.
60		-	______________________________
61		-	Chief Clerk of the House
62		-	I certify that H.B. No. 963 was passed by the Senate, with
63		-	amendments, on May 19, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
64		-	0.
65		-	______________________________
66		-	Secretary of the Senate
67		-	APPROVED: __________________
68		-	Date
69		-	__________________
70		-	Governor
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