By:  Wilson                                            H.B. No. 256
       73R1895 SOS-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the Multiculturism Curriculum Task Force.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  (a)  The Multiculturism Curriculum Task Force is
    1-5  established.  The task force is composed of five members appointed
    1-6  by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.  To be
    1-7  eligible for appointment to the task force, a person must have a
    1-8  demonstrated interest in education.
    1-9        (b)  The governor shall appoint the members of the task force
   1-10  not later than September 1, 1993, and shall designate a member to
   1-11  serve as the presiding officer of the task force.
   1-12        (c)  Members of the task force may not receive compensation
   1-13  but are entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses
   1-14  from funds available for that purpose.
   1-15        (d)  The office of the governor, the Central Education
   1-16  Agency, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the
   1-17  Legislative Education Board shall provide staff support and other
   1-18  assistance to the task force as necessary to discharge the task
   1-19  force's duties.
   1-20        (e)  The task force shall propose a multicultural curriculum
   1-21  for institutions of higher education and for primary and secondary
   1-22  schools.  The curriculum must include ethnic and racial studies,
   1-23  women's issues, and affirmative action programs.
   1-24        (f)  Not later than September 1, 1994, the task force shall
    2-1  submit a written report of its recommended curriculum to the
    2-2  governor, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of higher
    2-3  education, and the Legislative Education Board.
    2-4        SECTION 2.  This Act expires January 1, 1995.
    2-5        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
    2-6  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
    2-7  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
    2-8  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    2-9  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
   2-10  and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
   2-11  passage, and it is so enacted.