Bill Text: TX HB1291 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the instructional material list and supplemental instructional materials and the inclusion of American principles in those materials and the public school curriculum.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-22 - Returned from the House for further action [HB1291 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1291-Comm_Sub.html
By: Geren, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Campbell) | H.B. No. 1291 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2017; | ||
May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Education; May 16, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable | ||
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; | ||
May 16, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1291 | By: Lucio |
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relating to the instructional material list and supplemental | ||
instructional materials and the inclusion of American principles in | ||
those materials and the public school curriculum. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (h-1) to read as follows: | ||
(h-1) To accomplish the primary purpose stated in | ||
Subsection (h), the State Board of Education and each school | ||
district shall ensure that: | ||
(1) the public school curriculum emphasizes an | ||
understanding of the principles underlying the United States form | ||
of government, including the study of the Founding Fathers of the | ||
United States, the Declaration of Independence, the United States | ||
Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Federalist Papers; and | ||
(2) each historical event addressed in the public | ||
school curriculum meets a reasonable standard of historical | ||
significance, in relation to the limited amount of available | ||
instructional time. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 31.023(a) and (b), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) For each subject and grade level, the State Board of | ||
Education shall adopt a list of instructional materials. The list | ||
includes each instructional material submitted for the subject and | ||
grade level that meets applicable physical specifications adopted | ||
by the State Board of Education, that [ |
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is consistent with the purpose and guidelines of Sections 28.002(h) | ||
and (h-1), and that covers [ |
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of the essential knowledge and skills of the subject and grade level | ||
in the student version of the instructional material, as well as in | ||
the teacher version of the instructional material, as determined by | ||
the State Board of Education under Section 28.002 and adopted under | ||
Section 31.024. | ||
(b) Each instructional material on the list must be: | ||
(1) free from factual errors; | ||
(2) suitable for the subject and grade level for which | ||
the instructional material was submitted; and | ||
(3) reviewed by academic experts in the subject and | ||
grade level for which the instructional material was submitted. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 31.035(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, | ||
the State Board of Education may adopt supplemental instructional | ||
materials that are not on the list adopted under Section 31.023. | ||
The State Board of Education may adopt supplemental instructional | ||
material under this section only if the instructional material: | ||
(1) contains material covering one or more primary | ||
focal points or primary topics of a subject in the required | ||
curriculum under Section 28.002, as determined by the State Board | ||
of Education; | ||
(2) is not designed to serve as the sole instructional | ||
material for a full course; | ||
(3) meets applicable physical specifications adopted | ||
by the State Board of Education; [ |
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(4) is free from factual errors; | ||
(5) is suitable for the subject and grade level; and | ||
(6) is reviewed by academic experts in the subject and | ||
grade level. | ||
SECTION 4. (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and | ||
(c) of this section, this Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
school year. | ||
(b) The changes in law made by this Act to Section | ||
31.023(a), Education Code, apply to instructional materials | ||
adopted by the State Board of Education on or after September 1, | ||
2018. | ||
(c) Sections 31.023(b) and 31.035(a), Education Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, apply only to an instructional material list or | ||
supplemental instructional material adopted on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. An instructional material list or | ||
supplemental instructional material adopted before the effective | ||
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the | ||
instructional material list or supplemental instructional material | ||
was adopted, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2017. | ||
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