81R3446 PAM-D
By: Veasey H.B. No. 2327
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to approval by the State Board of Education of certain
public school courses for use in satisfying mathematics or science
course requirements under the recommended and advanced high school
programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b-1) and adding Subsection (b-3) to read as
follows:
(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require
that:
(1) except as provided by Subsection (b-2) or (b-3),
the curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced high
school programs under Subsection (a) include a requirement that
students successfully complete four courses in each subject of the
foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1); and
(2) one or more courses offered in the required
curriculum for the recommended and advanced high school programs
include a research writing component.
(b-3) On application from a school district, the State Board
of Education may approve use of a course offered by the district in
the enrichment curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(2) to satisfy
curriculum requirements for a mathematics or science course under
Subsection (b-1)(1) if the board determines that the course offered
by the district in the enrichment curriculum contains academic
content substantively similar to and as rigorous as a mathematics
or science course in the foundation curriculum.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.