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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a study on incorporating fine arts into the foundation |
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| 8 | 8 | | curriculum for public schools. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. STUDY ON FINE ARTS AS FOUNDATION CURRICULUM |
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| 11 | 11 | | COURSE. (a) The commissioner of education shall establish a task |
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| 12 | 12 | | force to study the utility, efficacy, and feasibility of |
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| 13 | 13 | | incorporating fine arts into the foundation curriculum under |
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| 14 | 14 | | Section 28.002(a)(1), Education Code, in public schools in this |
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| 15 | 15 | | state. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) The commissioner of education shall appoint members of |
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| 17 | 17 | | the task force. The task force must include at least: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) one fine arts public school educator; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) one fine arts public school administrator; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) one principal at a fine arts-integrated public |
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| 21 | 21 | | school; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4) one representative from the State Board of |
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| 23 | 23 | | Education; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (5) one representative from a fine arts advocacy |
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| 25 | 25 | | nonprofit organization; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (6) one parent of or person standing in parental |
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| 27 | 27 | | relation to a public school student in this state. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c) The task force shall prepare a written report that |
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| 29 | 29 | | includes: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) a description of the activities of the task force; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) an analysis of incorporating fine arts into the |
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| 32 | 32 | | foundation curriculum, including the impact on: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (A) curriculum decisions at the district and |
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| 34 | 34 | | campus level, including evaluating the number of fine arts course |
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| 35 | 35 | | offerings available to students; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (B) the need for infrastructure support, |
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| 37 | 37 | | including additional administrative leadership, to incorporate |
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| 38 | 38 | | fine arts into the foundation curriculum and ensure the fidelity of |
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| 39 | 39 | | curriculum implementation; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (C) educator staffing, training, and |
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| 41 | 41 | | certifications needed at the district and campus level to |
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| 42 | 42 | | facilitate effective teaching of the essential knowledge and skills |
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| 43 | 43 | | for fine arts at each grade level; |
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| 44 | 44 | | (D) funding and budgetary resources at the |
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| 45 | 45 | | district and campus level needed to support educator staffing, |
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| 46 | 46 | | professional development, classroom resources, assessment |
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| 47 | 47 | | implementation, and administrative support for the fine arts |
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| 48 | 48 | | curriculum; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (E) student academic achievement at campuses at |
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| 50 | 50 | | which fine arts is treated as a foundation subject, including |
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| 51 | 51 | | evaluating academic achievement for fine arts magnet schools and |
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| 52 | 52 | | academies and fine arts-integrated campuses; |
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| 53 | 53 | | (F) college and career readiness of public school |
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| 54 | 54 | | students; and |
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| 55 | 55 | | (G) accountability for fine arts courses taught |
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| 56 | 56 | | in public schools; |
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| 57 | 57 | | (3) recommendations for legislative or other action; |
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| 58 | 58 | | and |
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| 59 | 59 | | (4) any other matters the task force considers |
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| 60 | 60 | | appropriate. |
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| 61 | 61 | | (d) Not later than September 1, 2022, the task force shall |
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| 62 | 62 | | submit the written report to the governor, lieutenant governor, |
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| 63 | 63 | | legislature, and commissioner of education. |
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| 64 | 64 | | SECTION 2. EXPIRATION. This Act expires September 1, 2023. |
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| 65 | 65 | | SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September |
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| 66 | 66 | | 1, 2021. |
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