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House Bill 462 |
House Author: Huberty et al. |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Patrick et al. |
House Bill 462 amends the Education Code to prohibit the State Board of Education from adopting national curriculum standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative to comply with a duty imposed under statutory provisions relating to courses of study in the public school curriculum and student advancement; to prohibit a school district from using common core state standards to comply with the requirement to provide instruction in the essential knowledge and skills at appropriate grade levels; to prohibit a school district or open‑enrollment charter school from being required to offer any aspect of a common core state standards curriculum; and to prohibit the Texas Education Agency from adopting or developing a statewide standardized test based on common core state standards.