Bill Text: TX HB97 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain public school instructional requirements and prohibitions and the incorporation of certain instructional activities as part of student coursework.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Public Education [HB97 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB97-Introduced.html
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By: Bernal | H.B. No. 97 |
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relating to certain public school instructional requirements and | ||
prohibitions and the incorporation of certain instructional | ||
activities as part of student coursework. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 21.4555(a) and (b), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) To facilitate the teaching of curriculum consistent | ||
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commissioner shall develop and make available civics training | ||
programs for teachers and administrators. | ||
(b) A civics training program developed under this section | ||
must include training in: | ||
(1) the essential knowledge and skills for the social | ||
studies curriculum related to civic knowledge adopted under Section | ||
28.002(h-2); | ||
(2) guided classroom discussion of current events, as | ||
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(3) classroom simulations and models of governmental | ||
and democratic processes consistent with the requirements [ |
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(4) media literacy, including instruction on | ||
verifying information and sources, identifying and responding to | ||
logical fallacies, and identifying propaganda, as appropriate for | ||
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(5) strategies for incorporating civics instruction | ||
into subject areas other than social studies. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 28.0022, Education Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.0022. CERTAIN INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES PERMITTED | ||
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SECTION 3. Section 28.0022(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) For any course or subject, including an innovative | ||
course, for a grade level from kindergarten through grade 12,[ |
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including extra credit, for a student's: | ||
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SECTION 4. Sections 28.0022(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and | ||
(g), Education Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 6. 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, 2023. |