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AN ACT
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relating to the availability of school district trustee information |
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on the Internet and a review of the essential knowledge and skills |
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of certain curricula. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 11.1518 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.1518. TRUSTEE INFORMATION POSTED ON WEBSITE. (a) |
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Each school district that maintains an Internet website shall post |
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on the website the name, e-mail address, and term of office, |
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including the date the term began and the date the term expires, of |
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each member of the district's board of trustees. |
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(b) If a school district does not maintain an Internet |
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website, the district shall submit the information required by |
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Subsection (a) to the agency. On receipt of the district's |
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information, the agency shall post the information on the agency's |
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Internet website. |
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(c) Each time there is a change in the membership of a school |
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district's board of trustees, the district shall update the |
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information required under Subsection (a) and, as applicable: |
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(1) post the updated information on the district's |
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Internet website; or |
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(2) submit the updated information to the agency for |
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posting on the agency's Internet website in accordance with |
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Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 2. Not later than March 1, 2020, the State Board of |
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Education shall: |
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(1) conduct a review of the essential knowledge and |
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skills of the career and technology and technology applications |
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curricula; and |
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(2) amend the board's rules in the Texas |
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Administrative Code to consolidate the technology applications |
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courses for grades 9 through 12 in 19 T.A.C. Chapter 126, Subchapter |
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C, with the career and technical education courses in 19 T.A.C. |
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Chapter 130, and eliminate duplicative courses while ensuring |
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certifications are aligned with the rigor of each individual |
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course. |
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SECTION 3. The State Board of Education is required to |
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implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature |
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appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the |
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legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that |
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purpose, the State Board of Education may, but is not required to, |
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implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations |
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available for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 963 was passed by the House on May 2, |
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2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 3, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 963 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 18, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 963 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 19, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |