| 1 | 1 | | By: Vo H.B. No. 1102 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the requirements for the recommended and advanced |
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| 7 | 7 | | public high school programs. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Sections 28.025(b-1) and (b-2), Education Code, |
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| 10 | 10 | | are amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require |
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| 12 | 12 | | that: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) except as provided by Subsection (b-2), the |
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| 14 | 14 | | curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced high |
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| 15 | 15 | | school programs under Subsection (a) include a requirement that |
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| 16 | 16 | | students successfully complete: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (A) four courses in each subject of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1); or |
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| 19 | 19 | | (B) a career and technology curriculum that: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (i) provides a program of rigorous, |
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| 21 | 21 | | standards-based coursework designed to prepare students for |
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| 22 | 22 | | obtaining a license, certificate, or credential required for |
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| 23 | 23 | | employment in a field of business or industry; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (ii) prescribes successful completion of |
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| 25 | 25 | | three courses in mathematics, three courses in science, and four |
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| 26 | 26 | | courses in each other subject of the foundation curriculum under |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 28.002(a)(1); and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) one or more courses offered in the required |
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| 29 | 29 | | curriculum for the recommended and advanced high school programs |
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| 30 | 30 | | include a research writing component. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b-2) In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State |
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| 32 | 32 | | Board of Education shall allow a student to comply with the |
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| 33 | 33 | | curriculum requirements for a mathematics course under Subsection |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b-1)(1)(A) [(b-1)(1)] taken after the successful completion of an |
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| 35 | 35 | | Algebra II course or science course under Subsection (b-1)(1)(A) |
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| 36 | 36 | | [(b-1)(1)] taken after the successful completion of a physics |
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| 37 | 37 | | course by successfully completing an advanced career and technology |
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| 38 | 38 | | [technical] course designated by the State Board of Education as |
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| 39 | 39 | | containing substantively similar and rigorous academic content. A |
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| 40 | 40 | | student may use the option provided by this subsection for not more |
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| 41 | 41 | | than two courses. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2010, the State Board |
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| 43 | 43 | | of Education shall adopt rules as required by Section 28.025(b-1), |
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| 44 | 44 | | Education Code, as amended by this Act. The rules shall provide |
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| 45 | 45 | | that the curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced |
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| 46 | 46 | | high school programs adopted under that subsection apply to a |
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| 47 | 47 | | student regardless of the school year in which the student entered |
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| 48 | 48 | | the ninth grade. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 50 | 50 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 51 | 51 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 52 | 52 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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