Bill Text: TX HB4589 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of a quality and globally competitive education as a mission of the public education system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-02 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB4589 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4589-Introduced.html
By: Anchia | H.B. No. 4589 |
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relating to the provision of a quality and globally competitive | ||
education as a mission of the public education system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 4.001, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 4.001. PUBLIC EDUCATION MISSION AND OBJECTIVES. (a) | ||
The mission of the public education system of this state is to | ||
ensure that all Texas children have access to a quality and globally | ||
competitive education that enables them to achieve their potential | ||
and fully participate now and in the future in the social, economic, | ||
and educational opportunities of our state and nation. That mission | ||
is grounded on the conviction that a general diffusion of knowledge | ||
is essential for the welfare of this state and for the preservation | ||
of the liberties and rights of citizens. It is further grounded on | ||
the conviction that a successful public education system is | ||
directly related to a strong, dedicated, and supportive family and | ||
that parental involvement in the school is essential for the | ||
maximum educational achievement of a child. | ||
(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 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 to students. | ||
OBJECTIVE 12: After obtaining a high school diploma, students | ||
will earn certificates or degrees from institutions of higher | ||
education in order to compete globally and participate in the | ||
dynamic economy of this state and nation. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 4.0012, Texas Education Code, is hereby | ||
added as follows: | ||
Sec. 4.0012. PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS. (a) During | ||
each regular legislative session, the legislature shall establish | ||
quantifiable educational standards recommended by the Texas | ||
Education Agency and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | ||
that public schools must satisfy during each year of the applicable | ||
biennium for the system of public free schools to remain globally | ||
competitive. The standards take effect for the school year | ||
beginning in the fall of the fifth year following the legislative | ||
session in which the standards were established. | ||
(b) The standards required by Subsection (a) of this section | ||
may not be amended, revised, or repealed except by an affirmative | ||
vote of two-thirds of the membership of each house of the | ||
legislature. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 4.0013, Texas Education Code, is hereby | ||
added as follows: | ||
Sec. 4.0013. (a) Notwithstanding Section 4.001(a) of this | ||
Chapter, the system of public free schools is not required to be | ||
globally competitive until the 2025-2026 school year. | ||
(b) The standards established by the legislature during | ||
each regular session as required by Section 4.0012(a) of this | ||
chapter must include quantifiable requirements that, when | ||
achieved, result in at least 60 percent of all state residents who | ||
are older than 24 years of age and younger than 35 years of age | ||
holding a certificate or degree from an institution of higher | ||
education not later than 2030. | ||
(d) This subsection expires January 1, 2031. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
school year. | ||
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, 2019. |