86R26371 MEW-F
 
  By: Bell of Montgomery, Bernal, Howard, H.B. No. 963
      Johnson of Harris
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
 
  relating to a review by the State Board of Education of the
  essential knowledge and skills of the career and technology and
  technology applications curriculums.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Not later than March 1, 2020, the State Board of
  Education shall:
               (1)  conduct a review of the essential knowledge and
  skills of the career and technology and technology applications
  curriculums; and
               (2)  amend the board's rules in the Texas
  Administrative Code to consolidate the technology applications
  courses for grades 9 through 12 in 19 T.A.C. Chapter 126, Subchapter
  C, with the career and technical education courses in 19 T.A.C.
  Chapter 130, and eliminate duplicative courses while ensuring
  certifications are aligned with the rigor of each individual
  course.
         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, 2019.