Bill Text: TX HB3710 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to providing school districts electronic tutorials for certain end-of-course assessment instruments required for graduation.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3710 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3710-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to providing school districts electronic tutorials for certain end-of-course assessment instruments required for graduation.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3710 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3710-Introduced.html
By: Bell of Kaufman | H.B. No. 3710 |
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relating to providing public school students and classroom teachers | ||
tutorials for end-of-course assessment instruments required for | ||
graduation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 29.0845 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29.0845. ONLINE TUTORIALS FOR END-OF-COURSE | ||
ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT PREPARATION. (a) The agency shall develop | ||
interactive electronic tutorials that provide a comprehensive | ||
review for each end-of-course assessment instrument listed in | ||
Section 39.023(c). | ||
(b) From funds appropriated for purposes of this section, | ||
the agency shall make the tutorials developed under Subsection (a) | ||
available to public school students and classroom teachers through | ||
an online repository for classroom-ready instructional resources | ||
operated by the agency. | ||
(b-1) The agency shall provide the tutorials developed | ||
under Subsection (a) through an online repository for | ||
classroom-ready instructional resources not later than the | ||
2020-2021 school year. This subsection expires September 1, 2021. | ||
(c) A public school student or classroom teacher may not be | ||
charged a fee for access to a tutorial provided through an online | ||
repository for classroom-ready instructional resources under this | ||
section or materials used in conjunction with a tutorial. | ||
(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
administer this section. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2019. |