Bill Text: TX SB454 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the alignment of the college readiness standards and expectations and the essential knowledge and skills.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-09 - Referred to Education [SB454 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB454-Introduced.html
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| By: Seliger | S.B. No. 454 | |
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| relating to the alignment of the college readiness standards and | ||
| expectations and the essential knowledge and skills. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 28.008(d), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (d) The State Board of Education shall incorporate college | ||
| readiness standards and expectations approved by the commissioner | ||
| of education and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | ||
| under Subsection (b) into the essential knowledge and skills | ||
| identified by the board under Section 28.002(c). The State Board of | ||
| Education shall develop and by rule adopt a chart that clearly | ||
| indicates the alignment of the college readiness standards and | ||
| expectations with the essential knowledge and skills identified by | ||
| the board under Subsection (c). | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2016, the State Board | ||
| of Education shall adopt a chart as prescribed by Section | ||
| 28.008(d), Education Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
