Bill Text: TX HB3846 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the development of additional instruction that may be used by a public school after administration of all state-required assessment instruments for the school year.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3846 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3846-Introduced.html
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| By: Capriglione | H.B. No. 3846 | |
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| relating to the development of additional instruction that may be | ||
| used by a public school after administration of all state-required | ||
| assessment instruments for the school year. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 28.0162 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 28.0162. ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION OFFERED AFTER | ||
| ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS. (a) For each topic | ||
| described by Subsection (b), the State Board of Education shall | ||
| develop and make available to each school district or | ||
| open-enrollment charter school additional instruction intended for | ||
| use during the period of a school year occurring after the | ||
| completion of the administration of all assessment instruments | ||
| required under Section 39.023 for that school year. | ||
| (b) The topics for the additional instruction must include: | ||
| (1) personal financial literacy; | ||
| (2) computer coding; and | ||
| (3) cybersecurity. | ||
| (c) The State Board of Education may contract with a public | ||
| or private entity to develop the additional instruction under this | ||
| section. | ||
| (d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may | ||
| elect to use all or any part of the additional instruction developed | ||
| under this section during the period described by Subsection (a). | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2020, the State Board | ||
| of Education shall develop and make available to each school | ||
| district or open-enrollment charter school the additional | ||
| instruction required under Section 28.0162, Education Code, as | ||
| added by this Act. | ||
| 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, 2019. | ||
