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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that certain high school students |
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successfully complete four courses in each subject of the |
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foundation curriculum. |
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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-2), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b-2) In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State |
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Board of Education shall provide each school district the |
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discretion to allow a student to comply with the curriculum |
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requirements for a mathematics course under Subsection (b-1)(1) |
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taken after the successful completion of Algebra I and geometry and |
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either after the successful completion of or concurrently with |
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Algebra II or a science course under Subsection (b-1)(1) taken |
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after the successful completion of biology and chemistry and either |
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after the successful completion of or concurrently with physics by |
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successfully completing an advanced career and technical course |
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designated by the school district [State Board of Education as
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containing substantively similar and rigorous academic
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content]. A student may use the option provided by this subsection |
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for not more than two courses. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2013. |