85R2493 CAE-D     By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 884       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a revision of the essential knowledge and skills of the   public school foundation curriculum and proclamations for the   production of instructional materials.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 28.0025 to read as follows:          Sec. 28.0025.  REVIEW AND REVISION OF ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE   AND SKILLS. (a) The State Board of Education shall:                 (1)  conduct a review of the essential knowledge and   skills for the foundation curriculum adopted under Section   28.002(a)(1); and                (2)  revise the essential knowledge and skills for that   curriculum to narrow the number and scope of student expectations   for each subject and grade level in accordance with this section.          (b)  The scope of the essential knowledge and skills for each   subject and grade level of the foundation curriculum must:                (1)  be more narrow than the scope of the essential   knowledge and skills adopted as of January 1, 2017; and                 (2)  require less time for a demonstration of mastery   than required for the essential knowledge and skills adopted as of   January 1, 2017.          (c)  In complying with this section, the State Board of   Education shall:                (1)  ensure that a revision of the essential knowledge   and skills for the foundation curriculum does not result in a need   for the adoption of new instructional materials;                (2)  consider for each subject and grade level, the   time:                      (A)  a teacher would require to provide   comprehensive instruction on a particular student expectation; and                      (B)  a typical student would require to master a   particular student expectation;                (3)  determine whether, in light of the consideration   required by Subdivision (2), each essential knowledge and skill of   a subject can be comprehensively taught within the instruction time   required under Section 25.081, not including the amount of time   required for testing;                (4)  determine whether the college and career readiness   standards have been appropriately integrated in the essential   knowledge and skills for each subject and grade level; and                (5)  consider whether an assessment instrument   administered under Section 39.023 adequately assesses a particular   student expectation.          (d)  Not later than September 1, 2020, the State Board of   Education shall complete the review and revision of the essential   knowledge and skills for each subject and grade level of the   foundation curriculum that was last revised before September 1,   2014.          (e)  This section expires September 1, 2021.          SECTION 2.  Section 31.002, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subdivision (1-b) to read as follows:                (1-b)  "Proclamation" means a request for production of   instructional materials issued by the State Board of Education.          SECTION 3.  Section 31.022, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and (b-3) and amending Subsection   (f) to read as follows:          (b-1)  For any state fiscal biennium, the board may only   issue proclamations for instructional materials in which the total   projected cost of instructional materials under the proclamations   does not exceed 75 percent of the total amount used to fund the   instructional materials allotment under Section 31.0211 for that   biennium.          (b-2)  Following the adoption of revised essential knowledge   and skills for any subject, the board shall determine whether   issuance of a proclamation is necessary based on the significance   of the changes to the essential knowledge and skills. If the board   determines a proclamation is necessary, the board shall issue:                (1)  a full call for instructional materials aligned to   all of the essential knowledge and skills for the subject and grade   level;                (2)  a supplemental call for instructional materials   aligned to new or expanded essential knowledge and skills for the   subject and grade level;                (3)  a call for new information demonstrating alignment   of current instructional materials to the revised essential   knowledge and skills; or                (4)  any combination of the calls described by   Subdivisions (1), (2), and (3).          (b-3)  In determining the disbursement of money to the   available school fund and the amount of that disbursement that will   be used, in accordance with Section 43.001(d), to fund the   instructional materials allotment under Section 31.0211, the board   must consider the cost of all instructional materials and   technology requirements for that state fiscal biennium.          (f)  The board shall amend any proclamation [request for   production] issued for the purchase of instructional materials to   conform to the instructional materials funding levels provided by   the General Appropriations Act for the year of implementation and   to comply with Subsection (b-1).          SECTION 4.  Sections 31.101(d) and (e), Education Code, are   repealed.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.