86R14258 KJE-D
 
  By: Capriglione H.B. No. 3846
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the development of additional instruction that may be
  used by a public school after administration of all state-required
  assessment instruments for the school year.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 28.0162 to read as follows:
         Sec. 28.0162.  ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION OFFERED AFTER
  ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS. (a) For each topic
  described by Subsection (b), the State Board of Education shall
  develop and make available to each school district or
  open-enrollment charter school additional instruction intended for
  use during the period of a school year occurring after the
  completion of the administration of all assessment instruments
  required under Section 39.023 for that school year.
         (b)  The topics for the additional instruction must include:
               (1)  personal financial literacy;
               (2)  computer coding; and
               (3)  cybersecurity.
         (c)  The State Board of Education may contract with a public
  or private entity to develop the additional instruction under this
  section.
         (d)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
  elect to use all or any part of the additional instruction developed
  under this section during the period described by Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  Not later than September 1, 2020, the State Board
  of Education shall develop and make available to each school
  district or open-enrollment charter school the additional
  instruction required under Section 28.0162, Education Code, as
  added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  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.