Bill Text: TX HB3469 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the periodic review and revision of college and career readiness standards in public education.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-18 - Referred to Public Education [HB3469 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3469-Introduced.html
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| By: Patrick | H.B. No. 3469 | |
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| relating to the periodic review and revision of college and career | ||
| readiness standards in public education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 28.008(b) and (c), Education Code, are | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The vertical teams shall: | ||
| (1) recommend for approval by the commissioner of | ||
| education and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board college | ||
| readiness standards and expectations that address what students | ||
| must know and be able to do to succeed in entry-level courses | ||
| offered at institutions of higher education; | ||
| (2) evaluate whether the high school curriculum | ||
| requirements under Section 28.002 and other instructional | ||
| requirements serve to prepare students to successfully perform | ||
| college-level course work; | ||
| (3) recommend how the public school curriculum | ||
| requirements can be aligned with college readiness standards and | ||
| expectations; | ||
| (4) develop instructional strategies for teaching | ||
| courses to prepare students to successfully perform college-level | ||
| course work; [ |
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| (5) develop or establish minimum standards for | ||
| curricula, professional development materials, and online support | ||
| materials in English language arts, mathematics, science, and | ||
| social studies, designed for students who need additional | ||
| assistance in preparing to successfully perform college-level | ||
| course work; and | ||
| (6) periodically review and revise the college | ||
| readiness standards and expectations developed under Subdivision | ||
| (1) and recommend revised standards for approval by the | ||
| commissioner of education and the Texas Higher Education | ||
| Coordinating Board. | ||
| (c) The commissioner of education and the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board by rule shall: | ||
| (1) establish the composition and duties of the | ||
| vertical teams established under this section; and | ||
| (2) establish a schedule for the periodic review | ||
| required under Subsection (b)(6), giving consideration to the cycle | ||
| of review and identification under Section 28.002 of the essential | ||
| knowledge and skills of subjects of the required curriculum. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
