Bill Text: TX HB4310 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a school district's scope and sequence for subjects in the required curriculum for public school students.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB4310 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4310-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 4310 |
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relating to a school district's scope and sequence for subjects in | ||
the required curriculum for public school students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 28.0027 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.0027. DISTRICT CURRICULUM SCOPE AND SEQUENCE. (a) | ||
In adopting a recommended or designated scope and sequence for a | ||
subject in the required curriculum under Section 28.002(a) in a | ||
particular grade level, a school district shall ensure sufficient | ||
time is provided for teachers to teach and students to learn the | ||
essential knowledge and skills for that subject and grade level. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a school district | ||
may not penalize a teacher who does not follow a recommended or | ||
designated scope and sequence for a subject in the required | ||
curriculum under Section 28.002(a) in a particular grade level | ||
based on the teacher's determination that the teacher's students | ||
need more or less time in a specific area to demonstrate proficiency | ||
in the essential knowledge and skills for that subject and grade | ||
level. | ||
(c) A school district may take appropriate action with | ||
respect to a teacher for conduct described by Subsection (b) based | ||
on documented evidence of a deficiency in classroom instruction | ||
obtained through observation or substantiated and documented | ||
third-party information. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 4310 was passed by the House on April | ||
25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 4310 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 8, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 4310 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
1. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |