By: Gates H.B. No. 4525
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the approval of career and technology courses by the
State Board of Education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.002(o), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(o) In approving career and technology courses, the State
Board of Education must:
(1) determine that at least 50 percent of the approved
courses are cost-effective for a school district to implement;
(2) approve courses that are offered online or through
an Internet portal maintained by the district or agency; and
(3) update the list of approved courses at least
annually and as needed to provide current and relevant courses.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2021.