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1	1	By: Farias (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) H.B. No. 692
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011;
3	3	April 29, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
4	4	Education; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
5	5	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to high school graduation requirements for a student who
11	11	is unable to participate in physical activity due to disability or
12	12	illness.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by
15	15	amending Subsection (b-1) and adding Subsection (b-11) to read as
16	16	follows:
17	17	(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require
18	18	that:
19	19	(1) except as provided by Subsection (b-2), the
20	20	curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced high
21	21	school programs under Subsection (a) include a requirement that
22	22	students successfully complete:
23	23	(A) four credits in each subject of the
24	24	foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1), including at
25	25	least one-half credit in government and at least one-half credit in
26	26	economics to meet the social studies requirement;
27	27	(B) for the recommended high school program, two
28	28	credits in the same language in a language other than English under
29	29	Section 28.002(a)(2)(A) and, for the advanced high school program,
30	30	three credits in the same language in a language other than English
31	31	under Section 28.002(a)(2)(A); and
32	32	(C) for the recommended high school program, six
33	33	elective credits and, for the advanced high school program, five
34	34	elective credits;
35	35	(2) one or more credits offered in the required
36	36	curriculum for the recommended and advanced high school programs
37	37	include a research writing component; and
38	38	(3) the curriculum requirements for the minimum,
39	39	recommended, and advanced high school programs under Subsection (a)
40	40	include a requirement that students successfully complete:
41	41	(A) one credit in fine arts under Section
42	42	28.002(a)(2)(D); and
43	43	(B) except as provided by Subsection (b-11), one
44	44	credit in physical education under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C).
45	45	(b-11) In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State
46	46	Board of Education shall allow a student who is unable to
47	47	participate in physical activity due to disability or illness to
48	48	substitute one credit in English language arts, mathematics,
49	49	science, or social studies or one academic elective credit for the
50	50	physical education credit required under Subsection (b-1)(3)(B). A
51	51	credit allowed to be substituted under this subsection may not also
52	52	be used by the student to satisfy a graduation requirement other
53	53	than completion of the physical education credit. The rules must
54	54	provide that the determination regarding a student's ability to
55	55	participate in physical activity will be made by:
56	56	(1) if the student receives special education services
57	57	under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's admission, review,
58	58	and dismissal committee;
59	59	(2) if the student does not receive special education
60	60	services under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, but is covered by Section
61	61	504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), the
62	62	committee established for the student under that Act; or
63	63	(3) if each of the committees described by
64	64	Subdivisions (1) and (2) is inapplicable, a committee established
65	65	by the school district of persons with appropriate knowledge
66	66	regarding the student.
67	67	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
68	68	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
69	69	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
70	70	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
71	71	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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