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 Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014)
 EDUCATION CODE
 Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION
 Subtitle F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES
 Chapter 28. COURSES OF STUDY; ADVANCEMENT  
 Subchapter A. ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS; CURRICULUM  

  Sec. 28.0022. REVIEW PANEL FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM    

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  • (a) Not later than November 1, 2007, the agency shall establish a panel under this section to:

    (1) review and recommend revisions to the career and technical education curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(2)(E); and

    (2) review and recommend revisions for the program in which high schools and articulated postsecondary institutions allow high school students to take advanced technical credit courses.

    (b) The panel established under this section shall consist of:

    (1) individuals who have expertise developing or administering career and technical education programs; and

    (2) employers who hire students who have obtained certification or credentials under a career and technical education program.

    (c) A member of the panel serves on a voluntary basis without compensation.

    (d) Not later than November 1, 2008, the panel shall:

    (1) complete the review as required by this section of:

    (A) the career and technical education curriculum; and

    (B) the program under which high schools and articulated postsecondary institutions allow high school students to take advanced technical credit courses; and

    (2) make recommendations to the State Board of Education as necessary to:

    (A) increase the academic rigor of the career and technical education curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(2)(E); and

    (B) improve and increase participation in the program under which high schools and articulated postsecondary institutions allow high school students to take advanced technical credit courses.

    (e) Not later than September 1, 2009, the State Board of Education by rule shall revise the essential knowledge and skills of the career and technical education curriculum as provided by Section 28.002(c) based on the recommendations of the panel under Subsection (d). The State Board of Education shall require school districts to provide instruction in the career and technical education curriculum, as revised under this subsection, beginning with the 2010-2011 school year.

    (f) This section expires September 1, 2014.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 763 , Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 , Sec. 14, eff. July 19, 2011.