H.B. No. 462
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to state control of teacher appraisal criteria, curriculum
  standards, and assessment instruments.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), (b-3), and (b-4) to read as
  follows:
         (b-1)  In this section, "common core state standards" means
  the national curriculum standards developed by the Common Core
  State Standards Initiative.
         (b-2)  The State Board of Education may not adopt common core
  state standards to comply with a duty imposed under this chapter.
         (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).
         (b-4)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a
  school district or open-enrollment charter school may not be
  required to offer any aspect of a common core state standards
  curriculum.
         SECTION 2.  Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows:
         (a-3)  The agency may not adopt or develop a
  criterion-referenced assessment instrument under this section
  based on common core state standards as defined by Section
  28.002(b-1).  This subsection does not prohibit the use of college
  advanced placement tests or international baccalaureate
  examinations as those terms are defined by Section 28.051.
         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, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 462 was passed by the House on May 7,
  2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 2, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 462 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 462 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 21, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays
  6.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor