By Dunnam H.B. No. 1470
77R5314 BDH-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to enrichment curriculum requirements.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 28.002(d), Education Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 (d) The State Board of Education, after consulting with
1-7 educators, parents, business and industry representatives, and
1-8 employers, shall by rule identify the essential knowledge and
1-9 skills of each subject of the enrichment curriculum that all
1-10 students should be able to demonstrate. As a condition of
1-11 accreditation, each district must provide instruction in the
1-12 essential knowledge and skills at appropriate grade levels, except
1-13 as provided by Section 28.004. [Each district shall use the
1-14 essential knowledge and skills identified by the board as
1-15 guidelines in providing instruction in the enrichment curriculum.]
1-16 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
1-17 school year.
1-18 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-19 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-20 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-21 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-22 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.