Bill Text: TX SB2431 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a committee to recommend a framework to incorporate digital teaching and learning in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-08 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SB2431 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2431-Comm_Sub.html
By: Taylor | S.B. No. 2431 | |
(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2019; March 21, 2019, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 16, 2019, | ||
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 16, 2019, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2431 | By: Taylor |
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relating to the creation of a committee to recommend a framework to | ||
incorporate digital teaching and learning in public schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 39, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subchapter O to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER O. NEXT GENERATION COMMISSION ON DIGITAL LEARNING | ||
Sec. 39.601. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "commission" | ||
means the Next Generation Commission on Digital Learning. | ||
Sec. 39.602. NEXT GENERATION COMMISSION ON DIGITAL | ||
LEARNING. (a) The Next Generation Commission on Digital Learning | ||
is established to develop and make recommendations for establishing | ||
a framework for the incorporation of digital teaching and learning | ||
in public schools. | ||
(b) The commission is composed of 15 members, consisting of | ||
the following: | ||
(1) four members appointed by the governor; | ||
(2) three members appointed by the lieutenant | ||
governor; | ||
(3) three members appointed by the speaker of the | ||
house of representatives; | ||
(4) the chair of the senate committee on education, or | ||
a representative designated by the chair; | ||
(5) the chair of the senate committee on higher | ||
education, or a representative designated by the chair; | ||
(6) the chair of the house of representatives public | ||
education committee, or a representative designated by the chair; | ||
(7) the chair of the house of representatives | ||
committee on higher education, or a representative designated by | ||
the chair; and | ||
(8) a member of the State Board of Education, as | ||
designated by the chair of that board. | ||
(c) In making appointments under Subsections (b)(1), (2), | ||
and (3), the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the | ||
house of representatives shall coordinate to ensure that the | ||
commission includes at least one of each of the following | ||
representatives: | ||
(1) a parent of or person standing in parental | ||
relation to a student enrolled in the public school system; | ||
(2) an educator in the public school system; | ||
(3) an educator in a school district that is a | ||
participant in the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium under | ||
Section 7.0561; | ||
(4) a member of the business community; | ||
(5) a member of the civic community; | ||
(6) a leader in digital teaching and learning; and | ||
(7) a leader in researching the impact of digital | ||
teaching and learning on student performance. | ||
Sec. 39.603. PRESIDING OFFICER. The governor shall | ||
designate the presiding officer of the commission. | ||
Sec. 39.604. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. A member of | ||
the commission is not entitled to compensation for service on the | ||
commission but is entitled to reimbursement for actual and | ||
necessary expenses incurred in performing commission duties. | ||
Sec. 39.605. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND FUNDING. | ||
(a) Staff members of the agency shall provide administrative | ||
support for the commission. | ||
(b) Funding for the administrative and operational expenses | ||
of the commission shall be provided by appropriation to the agency | ||
for that purpose. | ||
Sec. 39.606. RECOMMENDATIONS. The commission shall develop | ||
recommendations under this subchapter to: | ||
(1) provide a funding proposal to present to the | ||
legislature for digital teaching and learning in elementary and | ||
secondary schools that includes funding to: | ||
(A) improve student outcomes through the use of | ||
digital teaching and learning technology; and | ||
(B) provide high-quality professional learning | ||
for educators to improve student outcomes through the use of | ||
digital teaching and learning technology; | ||
(2) develop a framework for effective statewide | ||
deployment of digital teaching and learning materials in elementary | ||
and secondary schools; and | ||
(3) develop and implement strategies that assist | ||
school districts in the adoption and implementation of digital | ||
teaching and learning materials. | ||
Sec. 39.607. REPORT. Not later than September 1, 2020, the | ||
commission shall prepare and deliver a report to the governor and | ||
the legislature that recommends statutory changes to develop a | ||
framework to incorporate digital teaching and learning in public | ||
schools. | ||
Sec. 39.608. PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION. | ||
(a) The commission may hold public meetings as needed to fulfill | ||
its duties under this subchapter. | ||
(b) The commission is subject to Chapters 551 and 552, | ||
Government Code. | ||
Sec. 39.609. COMMISSION ABOLISHED; EXPIRATION OF | ||
SUBCHAPTER. (a) The commission is abolished January 1, 2021. | ||
(b) This subchapter expires January 1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency is required to | ||
implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature | ||
appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the | ||
legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that | ||
purpose, the Texas Education Agency may, but is not required to, | ||
implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations | ||
available for that purpose. | ||
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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. | ||
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