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1		-	86R31371 KJE-D
2		-	By: Campbell, et al. S.B. No. 1776
3		-	(Bell of Kaufman)
4		-	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1776: No.
	1	+	By: Campbell, Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1776
5	2
6	3
7	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	5		AN ACT
9		-	relating to the ~~development~~ of an elective course ~~for public high~~
10		-	~~school students on the founding~~ principles of the United States ~~and~~
11		-	the posting of the founding documents of the ~~United States in public~~
12		-	school buildings.
	6	+	relating to the inclusion of an elective course on the founding
	7	+	principles of the United States in the curriculum for public high
	8	+	school students and the posting of the founding documents of the
	9	+	United States in public school buildings.
13	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	11		SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
15	12		amended by adding Section 11.173 to read as follows:
16	13		Sec. 11.173. POSTING OF FOUNDING DOCUMENTS. The board of
17	14		trustees of an independent school district shall permit and
18	15		encourage the posting in a district classroom or school building of
19	16		a copy of the founding documents of the United States, including the
20	17		Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, the
21	18		Federalist Papers, and the writings of the Founding Fathers of the
22	19		United States.
23	20		SECTION 2. Section 12.104(b), Education Code, as amended by
24	21		Chapters 324 (S.B. 1488), 522 (S.B. 179), and 735 (S.B. 1153), Acts
25	22		of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and
26	23		amended to read as follows:
27	24		(b) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to:
28	25		(1) a provision of this title establishing a criminal
29	26		offense; and
30	27		(2) a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as
31	28		applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this
32	29		title, relating to:
33	30		(A) the Public Education Information Management
34	31		System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with
35	32		this subchapter as determined by the commissioner;
36	33		(B) criminal history records under Subchapter C,
37	34		Chapter 22;
38	35		(C) reading instruments and accelerated reading
39	36		instruction programs under Section 28.006;
40	37		(D) accelerated instruction under Section
41	38		28.0211;
42	39		(E) high school graduation requirements under
43	40		Section 28.025;
44	41		(F) special education programs under Subchapter
45	42		A, Chapter 29;
46	43		(G) bilingual education under Subchapter B,
47	44		Chapter 29;
48	45		(H) prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E
49	46		or E-1, Chapter 29;
50	47		(I) extracurricular activities under Section
51	48		33.081;
52	49		(J) discipline management practices or behavior
53	50		management techniques under Section 37.0021;
54	51		(K) health and safety under Chapter 38;
55	52		(L) public school accountability under
56	53		Subchapters B, C, D, F, G, and J, Chapter 39, and Chapter 39A;
57	54		(M) the requirement under Section 21.006 to
58	55		report an educator's misconduct;
59	56		(N) intensive programs of instruction under
60	57		Section 28.0213;
61	58		(O) the right of a school employee to report a
62	59		crime, as provided by Section 37.148; [and]
63	60		(P) bullying prevention policies and procedures
64	61		under Section 37.0832;
65	62		(Q) the right of a school under Section 37.0052
66	63		to place a student who has engaged in certain bullying behavior in a
67	64		disciplinary alternative education program or to expel the student;
68	65		[and]
69	66		(R) the right under Section 37.0151 to report to
70	67		local law enforcement certain conduct constituting assault or
71	68		harassment;
72	69		(S) [(P)] a parent's right to information
73	70		regarding the provision of assistance for learning difficulties to
74	71		the parent's child as provided by Sections 26.004(b)(11) and
75	72		26.0081(c) and (d); and
76	73		(T) the posting of founding documents under
77	74		Section 11.173.
78	75		SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
79	76		amended by adding Section 28.0111 to read as follows:
80		-	Sec. 28.0111. FOUNDING PRINCIPLES ELECTIVE. (a) ~~The State~~
81		-	~~Board of Education shall develop the curriculum for an elective~~
82		-	course on the ~~founding principles of the United States that meets~~
83		-	the ~~requirements for a one-half~~ ~~elective credit under Section~~
84		-	28.025.
	77	+	Sec. 28.0111. FOUNDING PRINCIPLES ELECTIVE. (a) Each
	78	+	school district and open-enrollment charter school that offers a
	79	+	high school program shall provide an elective course on the
	80	+	founding principles of the United States that meets the
	81	+	requirements for a one-half elective credit under Section 28.025.
85	82		(b) The course must focus on the principles underlying the
86	83		United States form of government, the Declaration of Independence,
87	84		the United States Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and the
88	85		writings of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
89	86		SECTION 4. Section 28.0111, Education Code, as added by
90	87		this Act, applies beginning with the 2020-2021 school year.
91	88		SECTION 5. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
92	89		over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019,
93	90		relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
94	91		codes.
95	92		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
96	93		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
97	94		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
98	95		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
99	96		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.