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.