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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to outreach materials to foster awareness of recent public |
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school curriculum changes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 28.015 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.015. PUBLIC OUTREACH MATERIALS TO PROMOTE |
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CURRICULUM CHANGE AWARENESS. (a) The agency shall develop uniform |
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public outreach materials that explain the importance and outline |
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the details of public school curriculum changes under Chapter 211 |
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(H.B. 5), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, and |
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subsequent associated decisions by the State Board of Education. |
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The agency shall make the materials available to school districts. |
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(b) The materials developed under this section must: |
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(1) be available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese; |
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(2) be in a form that would allow school districts to |
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mail the information to students and parents; and |
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(3) include an explanation of: |
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(A) the basic career and college-readiness |
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components of each endorsement under Section 28.025(c-1); |
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(B) the curriculum requirements to gain |
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automatic college admission under Section 51.803; and |
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(C) applicable course, graduation plan, and |
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endorsement requirements for financial aid authorized under Title |
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3, including curriculum requirements for: |
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(i) the TEXAS grant as provided under |
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Subchapter M, Chapter 56; |
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(ii) the Texas Educational Opportunity |
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Grant Program as provided under Subchapter P, Chapter 56; and |
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(iii) the Texas B-On-time loan program as |
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provided under Subchapter Q, Chapter 56. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2018. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency shall develop the |
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materials described under Section 28.015, Education Code, as added |
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by this Act, no later than December 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |