| 1 | 1 | | 88R7106 JTZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: West S.B. No. 670 |
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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 the revision of the essential knowledge and skills of |
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| 8 | 8 | | the public school social studies curricula to include instruction |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the history of persons with disabilities. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Not later than March 1, 2024, the State Board of |
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| 12 | 12 | | Education shall revise the essential knowledge and skills for |
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| 13 | 13 | | social studies as necessary to require, as age and grade-level |
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| 14 | 14 | | appropriate, instruction in: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) the history of persons with disabilities; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) the disability rights movement in the United |
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| 17 | 17 | | States. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 19 | 19 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 20 | 20 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 21 | 21 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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