Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1776 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R3182 KJE-D
2	2	By: Bell of Kaufman H.B. No. 1776
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the inclusion of an elective course on the founding
8	8	principles of the United States in the curriculum for public high
9	9	school students and the posting of the founding documents of the
10	10	United States in public school buildings.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Section 11.172 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 11.172. POSTING OF FOUNDING DOCUMENTS. The board of
15	15	trustees of an independent school district shall permit and
16	16	encourage the posting in a district classroom or school building of
17	17	a copy of the founding documents of the United States, including the
18	18	Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, the
19	19	Federalist Papers, and the writings of the Founding Fathers of the
20	20	United States.
21	21	SECTION 2. Section 12.104(b), Education Code, as amended by
22	22	Chapters 262 (H.B. 1597), 464 (S.B. 11), 467 (H.B. 4170), and 943
23	23	(H.B. 3), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, is
24	24	reenacted and amended to read as follows:
25	25	(b) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to:
26	26	(1) a provision of this title establishing a criminal
27	27	offense;
28	28	(2) the provisions in Chapter 554, Government Code;
29	29	and
30	30	(3) a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as
31	31	applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this
32	32	title, relating to:
33	33	(A) the Public Education Information Management
34	34	System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with
35	35	this subchapter as determined by the commissioner;
36	36	(B) criminal history records under Subchapter C,
37	37	Chapter 22;
38	38	(C) reading instruments and accelerated reading
39	39	instruction programs under Section 28.006;
40	40	(D) accelerated instruction under Section
41	41	28.0211;
42	42	(E) high school graduation requirements under
43	43	Section 28.025;
44	44	(F) special education programs under Subchapter
45	45	A, Chapter 29;
46	46	(G) bilingual education under Subchapter B,
47	47	Chapter 29;
48	48	(H) prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E
49	49	or E-1, Chapter 29;
50	50	(I) extracurricular activities under Section
51	51	33.081;
52	52	(J) discipline management practices or behavior
53	53	management techniques under Section 37.0021;
54	54	(K) health and safety under Chapter 38;
55	55	(L) public school accountability under
56	56	Subchapters B, C, D, F, G, and J, Chapter 39, and Chapter 39A;
57	57	(M) the requirement under Section 21.006 to
58	58	report an educator's misconduct;
59	59	(N) intensive programs of instruction under
60	60	Section 28.0213;
61	61	(O) the right of a school employee to report a
62	62	crime, as provided by Section 37.148;
63	63	(P) bullying prevention policies and procedures
64	64	under Section 37.0832;
65	65	(Q) the right of a school under Section 37.0052
66	66	to place a student who has engaged in certain bullying behavior in a
67	67	disciplinary alternative education program or to expel the student;
68	68	(R) the right under Section 37.0151 to report to
69	69	local law enforcement certain conduct constituting assault or
70	70	harassment;
71	71	(S) a parent's right to information regarding the
72	72	provision of assistance for learning difficulties to the parent's
73	73	child as provided by Sections 26.004(b)(11) and 26.0081(c) and (d);
74	74	(T) establishment of residency under Section
75	75	25.001;
76	76	(U) [(T)] school safety requirements under
77	77	Sections 37.108, 37.1081, 37.1082, 37.109, 37.113, 37.114, 37.115,
78	78	37.207, and 37.2071;
79	79	(V) [(T)] the early childhood literacy and
80	80	mathematics proficiency plans under Section 11.185; [and]
81	81	(W) [(U)] the college, career, and military
82	82	readiness plans under Section 11.186; and
83	83	(X) the posting of founding documents under
84	84	Section 11.172.
85	85	SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
86	86	amended by adding Section 28.0111 to read as follows:
87	87	Sec. 28.0111. FOUNDING PRINCIPLES ELECTIVE. (a) Each
88	88	school district and open-enrollment charter school that offers a
89	89	high school program shall provide an elective course on the
90	90	founding principles of the United States that meets the
91	91	requirements for a one-half elective credit under Section 28.025.
92	92	(b) The course must focus on the principles underlying the
93	93	United States form of government, the Declaration of Independence,
94	94	the United States Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and the
95	95	writings of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
96	96	SECTION 4. Section 28.0111, Education Code, as added by
97	97	this Act, applies beginning with the 2022-2023 school year.
98	98	SECTION 5. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
99	99	over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021,
100	100	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
101	101	codes.
102	102	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
103	103	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
104	104	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
105	105	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
106	106	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.