|
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
relating to the periodic review and revision of college and career |
|
readiness standards in public education. |
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
SECTION 1. Sections 28.008(b) and (c), Education Code, are |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) The vertical teams shall: |
|
(1) recommend for approval by the commissioner of |
|
education and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board college |
|
readiness standards and expectations that address what students |
|
must know and be able to do to succeed in entry-level courses |
|
offered at institutions of higher education; |
|
(2) evaluate whether the high school curriculum |
|
requirements under Section 28.002 and other instructional |
|
requirements serve to prepare students to successfully perform |
|
college-level course work; |
|
(3) recommend how the public school curriculum |
|
requirements can be aligned with college readiness standards and |
|
expectations; |
|
(4) develop instructional strategies for teaching |
|
courses to prepare students to successfully perform college-level |
|
course work; [and] |
|
(5) develop or establish minimum standards for |
|
curricula, professional development materials, and online support |
|
materials in English language arts, mathematics, science, and |
|
social studies, designed for students who need additional |
|
assistance in preparing to successfully perform college-level |
|
course work; and |
|
(6) periodically review and revise the college |
|
readiness standards and expectations developed under Subdivision |
|
(1) and recommend revised standards for approval by the |
|
commissioner of education and the Texas Higher Education |
|
Coordinating Board. |
|
(c) The commissioner of education and the Texas Higher |
|
Education Coordinating Board by rule shall: |
|
(1) establish the composition and duties of the |
|
vertical teams established under this section; and |
|
(2) establish a schedule for the periodic review |
|
required under Subsection (b)(6), giving consideration to the cycle |
|
of review and identification under Section 28.002 of the essential |
|
knowledge and skills of subjects of the required curriculum. |
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
|
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |