By: Metcalf H.B. No. 3896 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the duties of the commissioner of education. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 7.055(b), Education Code, is amended by adding paragraph (42) to read as follows: (42) The commissioner shall teach one week in each grade from kindergarten through 12th grade each fiscal year. The commissioner shall teach for one continuous week in each grade. The commissioner shall file a statement with the appropriate committees in the senate and the house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over the agency upon completion of the 13 weeks of teaching. The duty of the commissioner under this paragraph may not be delegated under Subsection (b) (5) of this Section. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.