By: Dutton (Senate Sponsor - Lucio, West) H.B. No. 572

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 17, 2021; May 17, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 24, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 24, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 572 By: Hughes

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency on competency-based educational programs.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 29.928 to read as follows:

Sec. 29.928. STUDY ON COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. (a) The agency shall conduct a study on the implementation of competency-based educational programs by public schools in the state.

(b) The study must analyze methods of:

(1) providing funding for competency-based educational programs that do not rely on average daily attendance;

(2) assessing the performance of competency-based educational programs under the public school accountability system; and

(3) providing competency-based educational programs to nontraditional students, including adult students.

(c) The agency may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any public or private source to fund the study.

(d) Not later than December 1, 2022, the agency shall prepare and submit to the legislature a report on the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or other action.

(e) This section expires September 1, 2023.

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, 2021.

* * * * *