HB100 prohibits a school district or open-enrollment charter school from:
- Adopting or using instructional material included on the list of rejected instructional materials maintained by the SBOE.
- The use of local funds and funds from the Instructional Materials and Technology Allotment to purchase instructional materials that are on the SBOE list of rejected instructional materials.
- Using IMA funds or other local funds on materials on the list of rejected materials maintained by the SBOE.
HB 569 provides virtual education in public schools. It allows certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis and authorizing a fee.
SB 1418:
- Addresses the terminology and evaluation methods related to assessment instruments administered to Texas public school students.
- Replaces the term ACT-Plan with PreACT throughout the Education Code.
- Tasks the commissioner of education with determining how satisfactory performance on the PreACT will equate with other assessments for fulfilling end-of-course (EOC) requirements.
- States that the PreACT is included in the list of acceptable college preparation assessments.
NOTE: If a student does not meet satisfactory performance standards on the PreACT, they will be required to take the appropriate EOC assessment.
Section 39.202 is also revised to include the PreACT when evaluating the performance of students for the purpose of academic distinction designations concerning postsecondary readiness.
The updated criteria require tracking and acknowledging student success in relation to the PreACT.
