85R3330 PAM-D     By: Leach H.B. No. 1069       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to compliance with prohibitions regarding the use of   common core state standards in public schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 28.002(b-3), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b-3)  A school district may not use common core state   standards to comply with the requirement to provide instruction in   the essential knowledge and skills at appropriate grade levels   under Subsection (c). The State Board of Education by rule shall   adopt procedures to monitor school districts to ensure that   districts comply with the prohibition provided by this subsection.          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, 2017.