Enrolled Bill Summary

The Education Code requires each district that offers kindergarten through grade 12 to offer a foundation curriculum and an enrichment curriculum, each of which must include instruction in specific subject areas, and it requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to identify the essential knowledge and skills that a student must be able to demonstrate in each subject area in each curriculum. Senate Bill 815 amends the code to require each district to provide instruction in the essential knowledge and skills in the subject areas of both curricula as a condition of accreditation. The bill allows a school district to apply to the commissioner of education for an extension in complying with rules adopted by the SBOE regarding that requirement. The bill also repeals a provision that required districts to use the essential knowledge and skills as guidelines in providing instruction in the enrichment curriculum.