tx-May152026-18: 19 TAC §110.70 — Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
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STATUTORY AUTHORITY. The new sections are proposed under Texas Education Code (TEC), §7.102(c)(4), which requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to establish curriculum and graduation requirements; TEC, §28.002(a), which identifies the subjects of the required curriculum; TEC, §28.002(c), which requires the SBOE to identify by rule the essential knowledge and skills of each subject in the required curriculum that all students should be able to demonstrate and that will be used in evaluating instructional materials and addressed on the state assessment instruments; TEC, §28.002(h-3), as added by House Bill (HB) 824, 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, which requires the SBOE to adopt essential knowledge and skills for the government component of the social studies curriculum that address specific topics to develop each student's civic knowledge; TEC, §28.002(h-11), as added by Senate Bill 24, 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, which requires the SBOE to adopt TEKS for Grades 4-12 social studies, as appropriate, that develop each student's understanding of communist regimes and ideologies; TEC, §28.025(a), which requires the SBOE to determine by rule...
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