TITLE: Relating to the development of additional instruction that may be used by a public school after administration of all state-required assessment instruments for the school year.

SUMMARY: Relating to the development of additional instruction that may be used by a public school after administration of all state-required assessment instruments for the school year.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the development of additional instruction that may be used by a public school after administration of all state-required assessment instruments for the school year. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 28.0162 to read as follows: Sec. 28.0162. ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION OFFERED AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS. (a) For each topic described by Subsection (b), the State Board of Education shall develop and make available to each school district or open-enrollment charter school additional instruction intended for use during the period of a school year occurring after the completion of the administration of all assessment instruments required under Section 39.023 for that school year. (b) The topics for the additional instruction must include: (1) personal financial literacy; (2) computer coding; and (3) cybersecurity. (c) The State Board of Education may contract with a public or private entity to develop the additional instruction under this section. (d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may elect to use all or any part of the additional instruction developed under this section during the period described by Subsection (a). SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2020, the State Board of Education shall develop and make available to each school district or open-enrollment charter school the additional instruction required under Section 28.0162, Education Code, as added 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.