Bill Text: TX HB2820 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the adoption of major curriculum initiatives by a school district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-18 - Referred to Public Education [HB2820 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2820-Introduced.html
83R10136 CAE-F | ||
By: Allen | H.B. No. 2820 |
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relating to the adoption of major curriculum initiatives by a | ||
school district. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28.002(g), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(g) A local instructional plan may draw on state curriculum | ||
frameworks and program standards as appropriate. Each district is | ||
encouraged to exceed minimum requirements of law and State Board of | ||
Education rule. Each district shall ensure that all children in the | ||
district participate actively in a balanced curriculum designed to | ||
meet individual needs. Before the adoption of a major curriculum | ||
initiative, including the use of a curriculum management system, a | ||
district must use a process that: | ||
(1) includes teacher input; | ||
(2) provides district employees with the opportunity | ||
to express opinions regarding the initiative; and | ||
(3) includes a meeting of the board of trustees of the | ||
district at which: | ||
(A) information regarding the initiative is | ||
presented, including the cost of the initiative and any | ||
alternatives that were considered; and | ||
(B) members of the public and district employees | ||
are given the opportunity to comment regarding the initiative. | ||
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, 2013. |