By Kubiak H.B. No. 2840
75R5710 CAS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the mission of public education in this state.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 4.001(a), Education Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 (a) The mission of [the] public education in [system of]
1-7 this state is to teach students to be literate and to provide
1-8 students with basic knowledge in the core curriculum areas of
1-9 language arts, mathematics, science, history, geography, and
1-10 computer science [ensure that all Texas children have access to a
1-11 quality education that enables them to achieve their potential and
1-12 fully participate now and in the future in the social, economic,
1-13 and educational opportunities of our state and nation. That
1-14 mission is grounded on the conviction that a general diffusion of
1-15 knowledge is essential for the welfare of this state and for the
1-16 preservation of the liberties and rights of citizens. It is
1-17 further grounded on the conviction that a successful public
1-18 education system is directly related to a strong, dedicated, and
1-19 supportive family and that parental involvement in the school is
1-20 essential for the maximum educational achievement of a child].
1-21 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-3 passage, and it is so enacted.