Bill Text: TX HB2199 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2199 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to an approval process for career and technology education courses offered by school districts.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-13 - Referred to Public Education [HB2199 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2199-Introduced.html

	83R10669 CAE-D

	By: Farney	H.B. No. 2199



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to an approval process for career and technology education
	courses offered by school districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 28.002(f), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(f) A school district may offer courses for local credit in
	addition to those in the required curriculum. The State Board of
	Education shall be flexible in approving a course for credit for
	high school graduation under this subsection. Approval of a career
	and technology education course is subject to Section 28.00223.
	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 28.00223 to read as follows:
	Sec. 28.00223. APPROVAL OF CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
	COURSES. (a) In this section, "board" means the State Board of
	Education.
	(b) A school district may submit one or more career and
	technology education courses for review and approval by the board
	to satisfy requirements imposed under Section 28.002(a)(2)(E).
	(c) Not later than January 1 of the school year preceding
	the first school year for which the district requests approval, the
	district must submit a detailed description of the course,
	including the curriculum, instructional materials, and required
	equipment, if any, and any other information required by the board.
	(d) If the board does not approve or disapprove the course
	before the 180th day after the date on which the district's
	completed application is received, the course is considered
	approved to satisfy the requirements imposed under Section
	28.002(a)(2)(E).
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.