88R7106 JTZ-D
 
  By: Allen H.B. No. 4245
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the revision of the essential knowledge and skills of
  the public school social studies curricula to include instruction
  relating to the history of persons with disabilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Not later than March 1, 2024, the State Board of
  Education shall revise the essential knowledge and skills for
  social studies as necessary to require, as age and grade-level
  appropriate, instruction in:
               (1)  the history of persons with disabilities; and
               (2)  the disability rights movement in the United
  States.
         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, 2023.