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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a revision of the essential knowledge and skills of the |
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public school foundation curriculum and proclamations for the |
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production of instructional materials. |
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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 28.0025 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.0025. REVIEW AND REVISION OF ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE |
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AND SKILLS. (a) The State Board of Education shall: |
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(1) conduct a review of the essential knowledge and |
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skills for the foundation curriculum adopted under Section |
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28.002(a)(1); and |
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(2) revise the essential knowledge and skills for that |
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curriculum to narrow the number and scope of student expectations |
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for each subject and grade level in accordance with this section. |
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(b) The scope of the essential knowledge and skills for each |
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subject and grade level of the foundation curriculum must: |
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(1) be more narrow than the scope of the essential |
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knowledge and skills adopted as of January 1, 2017; and |
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(2) require less time for a demonstration of mastery |
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than required for the essential knowledge and skills adopted as of |
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January 1, 2017. |
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(c) In complying with this section, the State Board of |
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Education shall: |
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(1) ensure that a revision of the essential knowledge |
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and skills for the foundation curriculum does not result in a need |
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for the adoption of new instructional materials; |
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(2) consider for each subject and grade level, the |
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time: |
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(A) a teacher would require to provide |
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comprehensive instruction on a particular student expectation; and |
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(B) a typical student would require to master a |
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particular student expectation; |
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(3) determine whether, in light of the consideration |
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required by Subdivision (2), each essential knowledge and skill of |
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a subject can be comprehensively taught within the instruction time |
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required under Section 25.081, not including the amount of time |
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required for testing; |
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(4) determine whether the college and career readiness |
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standards have been appropriately integrated in the essential |
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knowledge and skills for each subject and grade level; and |
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(5) consider whether an assessment instrument |
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administered under Section 39.023 adequately assesses a particular |
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student expectation. |
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(d) Not later than September 1, 2020, the State Board of |
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Education shall complete the review and revision of the essential |
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knowledge and skills for each subject and grade level of the |
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foundation curriculum that was last revised before September 1, |
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2014. |
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(e) This section expires September 1, 2021. |
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SECTION 2. Section 31.002, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subdivision (1-b) to read as follows: |
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(1-b) "Proclamation" means a request for production of |
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instructional materials issued by the State Board of Education. |
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SECTION 3. Section 31.022, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and (b-3) and amending Subsection |
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(f) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) For any state fiscal biennium, the board may only |
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issue proclamations for instructional materials in which the total |
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projected cost of instructional materials under the proclamations |
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does not exceed 75 percent of the total amount used to fund the |
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instructional materials allotment under Section 31.0211 for that |
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biennium. |
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(b-2) Following the adoption of revised essential knowledge |
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and skills for any subject, the board shall determine whether |
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issuance of a proclamation is necessary based on the significance |
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of the changes to the essential knowledge and skills. If the board |
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determines a proclamation is necessary, the board shall issue: |
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(1) a full call for instructional materials aligned to |
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all of the essential knowledge and skills for the subject and grade |
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level; |
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(2) a supplemental call for instructional materials |
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aligned to new or expanded essential knowledge and skills for the |
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subject and grade level; |
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(3) a call for new information demonstrating alignment |
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of current instructional materials to the revised essential |
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knowledge and skills; or |
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(4) any combination of the calls described by |
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Subdivisions (1), (2), and (3). |
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(b-3) In determining the disbursement of money to the |
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available school fund and the amount of that disbursement that will |
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be used, in accordance with Section 43.001(d), to fund the |
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instructional materials allotment under Section 31.0211, the board |
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must consider the cost of all instructional materials and |
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technology requirements for that state fiscal biennium. |
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(f) The board shall amend any proclamation [request for
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production] issued for the purchase of instructional materials to |
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conform to the instructional materials funding levels provided by |
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the General Appropriations Act for the year of implementation and |
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to comply with Subsection (b-1). |
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SECTION 4. Sections 31.101(d) and (e), Education Code, are |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |