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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to curriculum requirements for the recommended and |
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advanced public high school programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require |
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that: |
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(1) [except as provided by Subsection (b-2),] the |
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curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced high |
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school programs under Subsection (a) include a requirement that |
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students successfully complete: |
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(A) a science and mathematics curriculum that |
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prescribes, among other requirements established by the board, |
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successful completion of four courses in mathematics and four |
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courses in science, from among courses approved for each subject by |
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the board [of the foundation curriculum under Section
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28.002(a)(1)]; |
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(B) a career and technology curriculum |
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that prescribes, among other requirements established by the |
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board, successful completion of four career and technology courses, |
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three courses in mathematics, and three courses in science, from |
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among courses approved for each subject by the board; or |
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(C) a humanities curriculum that prescribes, |
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among other requirements established by the board, successful |
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completion of: |
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(i) courses in English language arts, |
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social studies, languages other than English, and fine arts, from |
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among courses approved for each subject by the board; and |
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(ii) three courses in mathematics and three |
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courses in science from among courses approved for each subject by |
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the board; and |
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(2) one or more courses offered in the required |
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curriculum for the recommended and advanced high school programs |
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include a research writing component. |
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SECTION 2. Section 28.025(b-2), Education Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2010, the State Board |
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of Education shall adopt rules as required by Section 28.025(b-1), |
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Education Code, as amended by this Act. The rules shall provide |
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that the curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced |
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high school programs adopted under that subsection apply to a |
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student regardless of the school year in which the student entered |
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the ninth grade. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |