Bill Text: TX HB136 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to inclusion of career and technology education in the mission of public education.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-5)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective immediately [HB136 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB136-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to inclusion of career and technology education in the mission of public education.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-5)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective immediately [HB136 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB136-Comm_Sub.html
By: Bell, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) | H.B. No. 136 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017; | ||
May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Education; May 19, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 6, Nays 4; May 19, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to inclusion of career and technology education and | ||
workforce training in the mission of public education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 4.001(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The objectives of public education are: | ||
OBJECTIVE 1: Parents will be full partners with educators | ||
in the education of their children. | ||
OBJECTIVE 2: Students will be encouraged and challenged to | ||
meet their full educational potential. | ||
OBJECTIVE 3: Through enhanced dropout prevention efforts, | ||
all students will remain in school until they obtain a high school | ||
diploma. | ||
OBJECTIVE 4: A well-balanced and appropriate curriculum | ||
will be provided to all students. Through that curriculum, | ||
students will be prepared to succeed in a variety of postsecondary | ||
activities, including employment, workforce training, and | ||
enrollment in institutions of higher education. | ||
OBJECTIVE 5: Educators will prepare students to be | ||
thoughtful, active citizens who have an appreciation for the basic | ||
values of our state and national heritage and who can understand and | ||
productively function in a free enterprise society. | ||
OBJECTIVE 6: Qualified and highly effective personnel will | ||
be recruited, developed, and retained. | ||
OBJECTIVE 7: The state's students will demonstrate | ||
exemplary performance in comparison to national and international | ||
standards. | ||
OBJECTIVE 8: School campuses will maintain a safe and | ||
disciplined environment conducive to student learning. | ||
OBJECTIVE 9: Educators will keep abreast of the development | ||
of creative and innovative techniques in instruction and | ||
administration using those techniques as appropriate to improve | ||
student learning. | ||
OBJECTIVE 10: Technology will be implemented and used to | ||
increase the effectiveness of student learning, instructional | ||
management, staff development, and administration. | ||
OBJECTIVE 11: The State Board of Education, the agency, and | ||
the commissioner shall assist school districts and charter schools | ||
in providing career and technology education and effective | ||
workforce training opportunities to students. | ||
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, 2017. | ||
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