Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2549	House Author:  Patrick
Effective:  6-14-13	Senate Sponsor:  Paxton

            House Bill 2549 amends the Education Code to expand the duties of the vertical team of public school educators and college and university faculty members established by the commissioners of education and higher education with regard to advancing the college readiness of public school students to include periodically reviewing and revising the college readiness standards and expectations developed by the team and recommending revised standards for approval by the commissioner of education and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The bill requires the commissioner of education and the coordinating board by rule to establish a schedule for the periodic review, giving consideration to the cycle of review and identification of the essential knowledge and skills of subjects of the required curriculum.