By: Metcalf H.B. No. 3896
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duties of the commissioner of education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.055(b), Education Code, is amended by
adding paragraph (42) to read as follows:
(42) The commissioner shall teach one week in each grade
from kindergarten through 12th grade each fiscal year. The
commissioner shall teach for one continuous week in each grade. The
commissioner shall file a statement with the appropriate committees
in the senate and the house of representatives having primary
jurisdiction over the agency upon completion of the 13 weeks of
teaching. The duty of the commissioner under this paragraph may not
be delegated under Subsection (b) (5) of this Section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.