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By: Gates (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) |
H.B. No. 4525 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 17, 2021; |
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May 17, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Education; May 24, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 7, Nays 2; May 24, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the approval of career and technology courses by the |
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State Board of Education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.002(o), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(o) In approving career and technology courses, the State |
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Board of Education must: |
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(1) determine that at least 50 percent of the approved |
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courses are cost-effective for a school district to implement; and |
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(2) in scheduling or initiating a course review to |
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provide updated and relevant course offerings, consider relevant |
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economic and market conditions affecting the workforce of this |
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state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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school year. |
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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, 2021. |
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