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House Bill 3593 |
House Author: Bernal et al. |
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Effective: 6-15-17 |
Senate Sponsor: Taylor, Larry et al. |
House Bill 3593 amends the Education Code to establish a school district's authority to offer a course in cybersecurity. The bill requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to adopt or select five technology applications courses on cybersecurity to be included in a cybersecurity pathway for the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics endorsement. The bill entitles a teacher to a subsidy for a certification examination if the teacher passes a certification examination related to cybersecurity and authorizes a district to use funds from the new instructional facility allotment to renovate an existing instructional facility to serve as a dedicated cybersecurity computer laboratory. The bill includes among the fourth domain of performance indicators of achievement the percentage of students who successfully completed a SBOE-approved practicum or internship.