TO: | Honorable David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor, Senate |
FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1620 by Duncan (Relating to substitution of certain career and technology courses for certain mathematics and science courses otherwise required under the recommended high school program. ), As Passed 2nd House |
The bill would require the State Board of Education to establish an approval process that allows certain career and technology courses to be eligible for mathematics and science credit under the recommended high school program. These courses are applied Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses that meet specific criteria designated in the bill.
The bill would require teachers to pass a certification test administered by the organization that created the curriculum on which the STEM course is based; and have at least an associate degree as well as three years of work experience in the occupation for which the STEM course is intended to prepare students.
The TEA estimates some costs of convening an expert panel to review STEM courses for approval, but these costs are not expected to be significant. It is assumed that any teacher training performed by the agency in these courses would be conducted to the extent that existing resources permitted.
Source Agencies: | 701 Central Education Agency
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LBB Staff: | JOB, LXH, JGM, RN, AW
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