HBA-LCA H.B. 3013 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3013
By: Hochberg
Public Education
4/19/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Some middle- and high-school students need additional instructional time to
master core subjects for their grade level. This becomes difficult to
accomplish when a student also must complete requirements in non-core
courses. 

H.B. 3013 permits a student to complete a remedial mathematics course
instead of a required enrichment curriculum course if the student fails to
perform satisfactorily on the mathematics portion of an assessment
instrument adopted under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code
(Assessment of Academic Skills). 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that rulemaking
authority is expressly delegated to the State Board of Education in SECTION
1 (Section 28.002) of this Act.  

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 28.002, Education Code, by adding Subsection
(l), as follows: 

(l)  Provides that a school district, in accordance with rules adopted by
the State Board of Education,  may allow a student in middle school, junior
high school, or high school to complete a remedial mathematics course
instead of a required enrichment curriculum course if the student performs
unsatisfactorily on the mathematics portion of an assessment instrument
adopted under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code (Assessment of
Academic Skills).   

SECTION 2.  Provides that this Act applies with the beginning of the
1999-2000 school year. 

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.