H.B. No. 136

	AN ACT
	relating to inclusion of career and technology education in the
	mission of public education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 4.001(b), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(b)  The objectives of public education are:
	OBJECTIVE 1:  Parents will be full partners with educators
	in the education of their children.
	OBJECTIVE 2:  Students will be encouraged and challenged to
	meet their full educational potential.
	OBJECTIVE 3:  Through enhanced dropout prevention efforts,
	all students will remain in school until they obtain a high school
	diploma.
	OBJECTIVE 4:  A well-balanced and appropriate curriculum
	will be provided to all students. Through that curriculum,
	students will be prepared to succeed in a variety of postsecondary
	activities, including employment and enrollment in institutions of
	higher education.
	OBJECTIVE 5:  Educators will prepare students to be
	thoughtful, active citizens who have an appreciation for the basic
	values of our state and national heritage and who can understand and
	productively function in a free enterprise society.
	OBJECTIVE 6:  Qualified and highly effective personnel will
	be recruited, developed, and retained.
	OBJECTIVE 7:  The state's students will demonstrate
	exemplary performance in comparison to national and international
	standards.
	OBJECTIVE 8:  School campuses will maintain a safe and
	disciplined environment conducive to student learning.
	OBJECTIVE 9:  Educators will keep abreast of the development
	of creative and innovative techniques in instruction and
	administration using those techniques as appropriate to improve
	student learning.
	OBJECTIVE 10:  Technology will be implemented and used to
	increase the effectiveness of student learning, instructional
	management, staff development, and administration.
	OBJECTIVE 11:  The State Board of Education, the agency, and
	the commissioner shall assist school districts and charter schools
	in providing career and technology education to students.
	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.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 136 was passed by the House on May 3,
	2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 2, 1 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 136 on May 24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2
	present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 136 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 22, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 24, Nays
	6.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
	__________________
	Governor