Texas House Bill HB1423 Introduced / Bill

                    83R3447 PAM-D
 By: Deshotel H.B. No. 1423


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to multiple public school graduation plans for student
 success and economic competitiveness; creating an offense.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  (a)  Section 4.002, Education Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 Sec. 4.002.  PUBLIC EDUCATION ACADEMIC GOALS. To serve as a
 foundation for a well-balanced and appropriate education:
 GOAL 1:  The students in the public education system
 will demonstrate exemplary performance in the reading and writing
 of the English language.
 GOAL 2: The students in the public education system
 will demonstrate exemplary performance in the understanding and
 application of mathematics.
 GOAL 3: The students in the public education system
 will demonstrate exemplary performance in the understanding and
 application of science.
 GOAL 4: The students in the public education system
 will demonstrate exemplary performance in the understanding of
 social studies.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 2.  (a) Section 7.062(e), Education Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 (e)  The rules must:
 (1)  limit the amount of assistance provided through a
 grant to not more than:
 (A)  for a construction project, $200 per square
 foot of the science laboratory to be constructed; or
 (B)  for a renovation project, $100 per square
 foot of the science laboratory to be renovated;
 (2)  require a school district to demonstrate, as a
 condition of eligibility for a grant, that the existing district
 science laboratories are insufficient in number to comply with the
 curriculum requirements imposed for the foundation [recommended
 and advanced] high school program [programs] under Section 28.025
 [28.025(b-1)(1)]; and
 (3)  provide for ranking school districts that apply
 for grants on the basis of wealth per student and giving priority in
 the award of grants to districts with low wealth per student.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 3.  (a)  Section 18.005(c), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (c)  A Job Corps diploma program shall:
 (1)  develop educational programs specifically
 designed for persons eligible for enrollment in a Job Corps
 training program established by the United States Department of
 Labor;
 (2)  coordinate educational programs and services in
 the diploma program with programs and services provided by the
 United States Department of Labor and other federal and state
 agencies and local political subdivisions and by persons who
 provide programs and services under contract with the United States
 Department of Labor;
 (3)  provide a course of instruction that includes the
 required curriculum under Subchapter A, Chapter 28; and
 (4)  [require that students enrolled in the diploma
 program satisfy the requirements of Section 39.025 before receiving
 a diploma under this chapter; and
 [(5)]  comply with a requirement imposed under this
 title or a rule adopted under this title relating to the Public
 Education Information Management System (PEIMS) to the extent
 necessary to determine compliance with this chapter, as determined
 by the commissioner.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 4.  (a)  Section 18.006(b), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  In addition to other factors determined to be
 appropriate by the commissioner, the accountability system must
 include consideration of:
 (1)  student performance on [the end-of-course]
 assessment instruments required by Section 39.023(c); and
 (2)  dropout rates, including dropout rates and diploma
 program completion rates for the grade levels served by the diploma
 program.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 5.  (a)  Section 21.044, Education Code, as amended
 by Chapters 635 (S.B. 866) and 926 (S.B. 1620), Acts of the 82nd
 Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is reenacted and amended to
 read as follows:
 Sec. 21.044.  EDUCATOR PREPARATION. (a)  The board shall
 propose rules establishing the training requirements a person must
 accomplish to obtain a certificate, enter an internship, or enter
 an induction-year program.  The board shall specify the minimum
 academic qualifications required for a certificate.
 (b)  Any minimum academic qualifications for a certificate
 specified under Subsection (a) that require a person to possess a
 bachelor's degree must also require that the person receive, as
 part of the curriculum for that degree, instruction in detection
 and education of students with dyslexia.  This subsection does not
 apply to a person who obtains a certificate through an alternative
 certification program adopted under Section 21.049.
 (c)  The instruction under Subsection (b) must:
 (1)  be developed by a panel of experts in the diagnosis
 and treatment of dyslexia who are:
 (A)  employed by institutions of higher
 education; and
 (B)  approved by the board; and
 (2)  include information on:
 (A)  characteristics of dyslexia;
 (B)  identification of dyslexia; and
 (C)  effective, multisensory strategies for
 teaching students with dyslexia.
 (d) [(b)]  In proposing rules under this section, the board
 shall specify that to obtain a certificate to teach an ["]applied
 science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) course
 offered as part of a school district's career and technology
 education curriculum[," as that term is defined by Section 28.027,]
 at a secondary school, a person must:
 (1)  pass the certification test administered by the
 recognized national or international business and industry group
 that created the curriculum the applied science, technology,
 engineering, or mathematics (STEM) course is based on; and
 (2)  have at a minimum:
 (A)  an associate degree from an accredited
 institution of higher education; and
 (B)  three years of work experience in an
 occupation for which the applied science, technology, engineering,
 or mathematics (STEM) course is intended to prepare the student.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 6.  (a)  Section 25.005(b), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  A reciprocity agreement must:
 (1)  address procedures for:
 (A)  transferring student records;
 (B)  awarding credit for completed course work;
 and
 (C)  permitting a student to satisfy the
 requirements of Section 39.023(c) [39.025] through [successful
 performance on] comparable [end-of-course or other exit-level]
 assessment instruments administered in another state; and
 (2)  include appropriate criteria developed by the
 agency.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 7.  (a)  Section 28.001, Education Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 Sec. 28.001.  PURPOSE. It is the intent of the legislature
 that the essential knowledge and skills developed by the State
 Board of Education under this subchapter shall require all students
 to demonstrate and apply the knowledge and skills necessary to
 read, write, compute, problem solve, think critically, apply
 technology, and communicate across all subject areas. The
 essential knowledge and skills shall also prepare and enable all
 students to continue to learn in postsecondary educational,
 training, or employment settings.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 8.  (a)  Section 28.002(c), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (c)  The State Board of Education, with the direct
 participation of educators, parents, business and industry
 representatives, and employers shall by rule identify the essential
 knowledge and skills of each subject of the required curriculum
 that all students should be able to demonstrate and that will be
 used in evaluating instructional materials under Chapter 31 [and
 addressed on the assessment instruments required under Subchapter
 B, Chapter 39].  As a condition of accreditation, the board shall
 require each district to provide instruction in the essential
 knowledge and skills at appropriate grade levels.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 9.  (a)  Sections 28.002(a) and (n), Education Code,
 are amended to read as follows:
 (a)  Each school district that offers kindergarten through
 grade 12 shall offer, as a required curriculum:
 (1)  a foundation curriculum that includes:
 (A)  English language arts;
 (B)  mathematics, including applied mathematics;
 (C)  science, including applied sciences; and
 (D)  social studies, consisting of Texas, United
 States, and world history, government, economics, with emphasis on
 the free enterprise system and its benefits, and geography; and
 (2)  an enrichment curriculum that includes:
 (A)  to the extent possible, languages other than
 English;
 (B)  health, with emphasis on the importance of
 proper nutrition and exercise;
 (C)  physical education;
 (D)  fine arts;
 (E)  career and technology education;
 (F)  technology applications; and
 (G)  religious literature, including the Hebrew
 Scriptures (Old Testament) and New Testament, and its impact on
 history and literature.
 (n)  The State Board of Education may by rule develop and
 implement a plan designed to incorporate career and technology
 [foundation] curriculum requirements into the foundation [career
 and technology education] curriculum under Subsections (a)(1)(B)
 and (C) [Subsection (a)(2)(E)].
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 10.  (a)  Section 28.003(b), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  In this section, "educational program" means a course or
 series of courses in the required curriculum under Section 28.002[,
 other than a fine arts course under Section 28.002(a)(2)(D) or a
 career and technology course under Section 28.002(a)(2)(E)].
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 11.  (a)  The heading to Section 28.014, Education
 Code, is amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 28.014.  COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE PREPARATORY COURSES.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 12.  (a)  Section 28.014(a), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (a)  The commissioner of education, [and] the commissioner
 of higher education, and the executive director of the Texas
 Workforce Commission shall [develop and] recommend to the State
 Board of Education for adoption under Section 28.002 the essential
 knowledge and skills of courses in college and workforce
 preparatory mathematics, science, social studies, and English
 language arts.  The courses must be designed:
 (1)  for students [at the 12th grade level] who do not
 meet college readiness standards on an [end-of-course] assessment
 instrument required under Section 39.023(c); and
 (2)  to prepare students for success in a four-year or
 two-year postsecondary higher education institution or
 postsecondary technical school [entry-level college courses].
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 13.  (a) Section 28.014(b), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  A student who successfully completes a course developed
 under this section may use the credit earned in the course toward
 satisfying the applicable mathematics or science curriculum
 requirement for the foundation [recommended or advanced] high
 school program under Section 28.025.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 14.  (a) Section 28.0141(a), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (a)  The agency, in consultation with the Texas Higher
 Education Coordinating Board, shall conduct a study of best
 practices for and existing programs offering early assessments of
 high school students in order to determine college readiness,
 identify any deficiencies in college readiness, and provide
 intervention to address any deficiencies before high school
 graduation.  In conducting the study, the agency, in consultation
 with the coordinating board, shall review:
 (1)  various assessments, including [end-of-course]
 assessment instruments under Section 39.023(c) and[,] each
 assessment currently used under Section 51.3062[, and any
 assessment being proposed as a statewide model by the coordinating
 board under Section 51.3062(v)], for identifying students who need
 additional assistance in preparing for college;
 (2)  various early intervention models, including:
 (A)  summer bridge programs;
 (B)  college preparatory courses for credit
 toward high school graduation;
 (C)  developmental education programs, including
 college readiness programs under Section 39.234, and college study
 skills courses; and
 (D)  dual credit courses;
 (3)  the costs associated with different assessments
 and early intervention models; and
 (4)  the effectiveness of different assessments and
 early intervention models in preparing students for college
 coursework for which course credit may be earned.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 15.  (a)  Sections 28.0211(b), (c), (d), (f), (i),
 and (k), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
 (b)  A school district shall provide to a student who
 initially fails to perform satisfactorily on a fifth or eighth
 grade [an] assessment instrument required [specified] under
 Section 39.023 [Subsection (a)] at least two additional
 opportunities to take the assessment instrument. [A school
 district may administer an alternate assessment instrument to a
 student who has failed an assessment instrument specified under
 Subsection (a) on the previous two opportunities. Notwithstanding
 any other provision of this section, a student may be promoted if
 the student performs at grade level on an alternate assessment
 instrument under this subsection that is appropriate for the
 student's grade level and approved by the commissioner.]
 (c)  [Each time a student fails to perform satisfactorily on
 an assessment instrument specified under Subsection (a), the school
 district in which the student attends school shall provide to the
 student accelerated instruction in the applicable subject area,
 including reading instruction for a student who fails to perform
 satisfactorily on a reading assessment instrument.] After a
 student fails to perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument
 specified under Subsection (b) a second time, a grade placement
 committee shall be established to prescribe the accelerated
 instruction the district shall provide to the student before the
 student is administered the assessment instrument the third time.
 The grade placement committee shall be composed of the principal or
 the principal's designee, the student's parent or guardian, and the
 teacher of the subject of an assessment instrument on which the
 student failed to perform satisfactorily. The district shall
 notify the parent or guardian of the time and place for convening
 the grade placement committee and the purpose of the committee. An
 accelerated instruction group administered by a school district
 under this section may not have a ratio of more than 10 students for
 each teacher.
 (d)  In addition to providing accelerated instruction to a
 student under Subsection (c), the district shall notify the
 student's parent or guardian of:
 (1)  the student's failure to perform satisfactorily on
 the assessment instrument; and
 (2)  the accelerated instruction program to which the
 student is assigned[; and
 [(3)     the possibility that the student might be
 retained at the same grade level for the next school year].
 (f)  A school district shall provide to a student who, after
 three attempts, has failed to perform satisfactorily on an
 assessment instrument specified under Subsection (b) [(a)]
 accelerated instruction during the next school year as prescribed
 by an educational plan developed for the student by the student's
 grade placement committee established under Subsection (c). The
 district shall provide that accelerated instruction regardless of
 whether the student has been promoted or retained. The educational
 plan must be designed to enable the student to perform at the
 appropriate grade level by the conclusion of the school year.
 During the school year, the student shall be monitored to ensure
 that the student is progressing in accordance with the plan. The
 district shall administer to the student the assessment instrument
 for the grade level in which the student is placed at the time the
 district regularly administers the assessment instruments for that
 school year.
 (i)  The admission, review, and dismissal committee of a
 student who participates in a district's special education program
 under Subchapter B, Chapter 29, and who does not perform
 satisfactorily on an assessment instrument specified under
 Subsection (b) [(a)] and administered under Section 39.023(a) or
 (b) shall determine[:
 [(1)]  the manner in which the student will participate
 in an accelerated instruction program under this section[; and
 [(2)     whether the student will be promoted or retained
 under this section].
 (k)  The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
 implement this section[, including rules concerning when school
 districts shall administer assessment instruments required under
 this section and which administration of the assessment instruments
 will be used for purposes of Section 39.054].
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 16.  (a) The heading to Section 28.025, Education
 Code, is amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 28.025.  HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA [AND CERTIFICATE];
 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT RECORD.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 17.  (a)  Sections 28.025(c) and (e), Education
 Code, are amended to read as follows:
 (c)  A person may receive a diploma if the person is eligible
 for a diploma under Section 28.0251.  In other cases, a student may
 graduate and receive a diploma only if:
 (1)  the student successfully completes the curriculum
 requirements identified by the State Board of Education under
 Subsection (a) [and complies with Section 39.025]; or
 (2)  the student successfully completes an
 individualized education program developed under Section 29.005.
 (e)  Each school district shall report the academic
 achievement record of students who have completed a minimum,
 recommended, or advanced high school program on transcript forms
 adopted by the State Board of Education. The transcript forms
 adopted by the board must be designed to clearly differentiate
 between each of the high school programs [and identify whether a
 student received a diploma or a certificate of coursework
 completion].
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 18.  (a)  Effective September 1, 2014, Section
 28.025(e), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
 (e)  Each school district shall report the academic
 achievement record of students who have completed the foundation [a
 minimum, recommended, or advanced] high school program on
 transcript forms adopted by the State Board of Education. [The
 transcript forms adopted by the board must be designed to clearly
 differentiate between each of the high school programs and identify
 whether a student received a diploma or a certificate of coursework
 completion.]
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 19.  (a) Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended
 by amending Subsections (a), (b), (b-1), (b-2), (b-3), (b-7),
 (b-9), (b-10), and (b-11) and adding Subsections (b-12), (c-1),
 (c-2), (e-1), (h), and (h-1) to read as follows:
 (a)  The State Board of Education by rule shall determine
 curriculum requirements for the foundation [minimum, recommended,
 and advanced] high school program [programs] that are consistent
 with the required curriculum under Section 28.002. The [Subject to
 Subsection (b-1), the] State Board of Education shall designate the
 specific courses in the foundation curriculum under Section
 28.002(a)(1) required under [for a student participating in] the
 foundation [minimum, recommended, or advanced] high school
 program.  Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the State Board of
 Education may not designate a specific course or a specific number
 of credits in the enrichment curriculum as requirements for the
 [recommended] program.
 (b)  A school district shall ensure that each student enrolls
 in the courses necessary to complete the curriculum requirements
 identified by the State Board of Education under Subsection (a) for
 the foundation [recommended or advanced] high school program
 [unless the student, the student's parent or other person standing
 in parental relation to the student, and a school counselor or
 school administrator agree in writing signed by each party that the
 student should be permitted to take courses under the minimum high
 school program and the student:
 [(1)  is at least 16 years of age;
 [(2)     has completed two credits required for graduation
 in each subject of the foundation curriculum under Section
 28.002(a)(1); or
 [(3)     has failed to be promoted to the tenth grade one
 or more times as determined by the school district].
 (b-1)  The State Board of Education by rule shall require
 that [:
 [(1)  except as provided by Subsection (b-2),] the
 curriculum requirements for the foundation [recommended and
 advanced] high school program [programs] under Subsection (a)
 include a requirement that students successfully complete:
 (1) [(A)]  four credits in English language arts [each
 subject of the foundation curriculum] under Section
 28.002(a)(1)(A), including one credit in English I, one credit in
 English II, one credit in English III, and one credit in an advanced
 English course authorized under Subsection (b-3);
 (2)  three credits in mathematics under Section
 28.002(a)(1)(B), including one credit in Algebra I, one credit in
 geometry, and one credit in an accounting course or any advanced
 mathematics course authorized under Subsection (b-3);
 (3)  two credits in science under Section
 28.002(a)(1)(C), including one credit in biology and one credit in
 integrated physics and chemistry or any advanced science course
 authorized under Subsection (b-3);
 (4)  two credits in social studies under Section
 28.002(a)(1)(D) [28.002(a)(1)], including one credit in United
 States history, at least one-half credit in government, and at
 least one-half credit in economics [to meet the social studies
 requirement];
 (5)  except as provided under Subsection (b-12)
 [(B)  for the recommended high school program], two credits in the
 same language in a language other than English under Section
 28.002(a)(2)(A) [and, for the advanced high school program, three
 credits in the same language in a language other than English under
 Section 28.002(a)(2)(A)]; [and]
 (6)  10 [(C)     for the recommended high school program,
 six] elective credits [and, for the advanced high school program,
 five elective credits];
 (7)  one-half credit in health under Section
 28.002(a)(2)(B);
 (8)  one-half credit in speech;
 (9)  [(2)     one or more credits offered in the required
 curriculum for the recommended and advanced high school programs
 include a research writing component; and
 [(3)     the curriculum requirements for the minimum,
 recommended, and advanced high school programs under Subsection (a)
 include a requirement that students successfully complete:
 [(A)]  one credit in fine arts under Section
 28.002(a)(2)(D); and
 (10) [(B)]  except as provided by Subsection (b-11),
 one credit in physical education under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C).
 (b-2)  In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State
 Board of Education shall provide for [allow] a student to comply
 with the curriculum requirements for a mathematics or science
 course under Subsection (b-1)(2) or (3) [(b-1)(1) taken after the
 successful completion of Algebra I and geometry and either after
 the successful completion of or concurrently with Algebra II or a
 science course under Subsection (b-1)(1) taken after the successful
 completion of biology and chemistry and either after the successful
 completion of or concurrently with physics] by successfully
 completing a [an advanced] career and technical course designated
 by the State Board of Education [as containing substantively
 similar and rigorous academic content.    A student may use the option
 provided by this subsection for not more than two courses].
 (b-3)  In adopting rules for purposes of Subsection (b-1) [to
 provide students with the option described by Subsection
 (b-1)(1)(A)], the State Board of Education must approve a variety
 of advanced English, mathematics, and science courses that may be
 taken [after the completion of Algebra II and physics] to comply
 with the foundation high school [recommended] program
 requirements.
 (b-7)  The State Board of Education, in coordination with the
 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, shall adopt rules to
 ensure that a student may comply with the curriculum requirements
 under the foundation [minimum, recommended, or advanced] high
 school program for each subject of the foundation curriculum under
 Section 28.002(a)(1) and for languages other than English under
 Section 28.002(a)(2)(A) by successfully completing appropriate
 courses in the core curriculum of an institution of higher
 education under Section 61.822.
 (b-9)  A [The agency shall establish a pilot program allowing
 a] student may [attending school in a county with a population of
 more than one million and in which more than 75 percent of the
 population resides in a single municipality to] satisfy the fine
 arts credit required under Subsection (b-1)(9) [(b-1)(3)(A)] by
 participating in a fine arts program not provided by the school
 district in which the student is enrolled.  The fine arts program
 may be provided on or off a school campus and outside the regular
 school day. [Not later than December 1, 2010, the agency shall
 provide to the legislature a report regarding the pilot program,
 including the feasibility of expanding the pilot program
 statewide.]
 (b-10)  A school district[, with the approval of the
 commissioner,] may allow a student to comply with the curriculum
 requirements for the physical education credit required under
 Subsection (b-1)(10) [(b-1)(3)(B)] by participating in a private or
 commercially sponsored physical activity program provided on or off
 a school campus and outside the regular school day.
 (b-11)  In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State
 Board of Education shall allow a student who is unable to
 participate in physical activity due to disability or illness to
 substitute one credit in English language arts, mathematics,
 science, or social studies or one academic elective credit for the
 physical education credit required under Subsection (b-1)(10)
 [(b-1)(3)(B)].  A credit allowed to be substituted under this
 subsection may not also be used by the student to satisfy a
 graduation requirement other than completion of the physical
 education credit.  The rules must provide that the determination
 regarding a student's ability to participate in physical activity
 will be made by:
 (1)  if the student receives special education services
 under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's admission, review,
 and dismissal committee;
 (2)  if the student does not receive special education
 services under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, but is covered by Section
 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), the
 committee established for the student under that Act; or
 (3)  if each of the committees described by
 Subdivisions (1) and (2) is inapplicable, a committee established
 by the school district of persons with appropriate knowledge
 regarding the student.
 (b-12)  In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State
 Board of Education shall adopt criteria to allow a student to comply
 with the curriculum requirements for the two credits in a language
 other than English required under Subsection (b-1)(5) by
 substituting two credits in American Sign Language or two credits
 in technology application languages.
 (c-1)  A student may earn an endorsement on the student's
 diploma and transcript by successfully completing curriculum
 requirements for that endorsement adopted by the State Board of
 Education by rule. An endorsement under this subsection may be
 earned in any of the following categories:
 (1)  science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
 (STEM), which includes courses directly related to advanced
 science, including environmental systems, technology, engineering,
 and advanced mathematics;
 (2)  career, technical, and vocational skills
 development, which includes courses directly related to database
 management, information technology, communications, accounting,
 finance, marketing, graphic design, architecture, construction,
 welding, logistics, automotive technology, and heating,
 ventilation, and air conditioning;
 (3)  humanities and fine arts, which includes courses
 directly related to political science, world languages, cultural
 studies, English literature, history, and fine arts;
 (4)  interdisciplinary studies, which allows a student
 to select courses from the curriculum of each endorsement area
 described by Subdivisions (1) through (3) and requires the student
 to complete at least four courses within one of the endorsement
 areas; and
 (5)  foundation studies, which requires a student to
 complete at least four credits in each subject of the foundation
 curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1).
 (c-2)  To provide school counselors with information
 necessary to support students and parents in choosing an
 endorsement option under Subsection (c-1), the agency shall provide
 counselors with information that identifies postsecondary
 education and career opportunities, including information that
 describes the benefits of four-year and two-year higher education,
 postsecondary technical education, and skilled workforce careers
 and career education programs. The agency shall collaborate with
 the Texas Workforce Commission and the Texas Higher Education
 Coordinating Board in using existing materials and developing
 materials to be provided to counselors, students, and parents under
 this subsection.
 (e-1)  A school district shall clearly indicate an
 endorsement described by Subsection (c-1) on the diploma and
 transcript of a student who satisfies the applicable requirements.
 The State Board of Education shall adopt rules as necessary to
 administer this subsection.
 (h)  The commissioner by rule shall adopt a transition plan
 to implement and administer the amendments made by __. B. No. __,
 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, replacing the minimum,
 recommended, and advanced high school programs with the foundation
 high school program beginning with the 2014-2015 school year.
 Under the transition plan, a student who entered the ninth grade
 before the 2014-2015 school year must be permitted to complete the
 curriculum requirements required for high school graduation under:
 (1)  the foundation high school program, if the student
 chooses during the 2014-2015 school year to take courses under this
 program;
 (2)  the minimum high school program, as that program
 existed before the adoption of __.B. No. __, 83rd Legislature,
 Regular Session, 2013, if the student was participating in that
 program before the 2014-2015 school year;
 (3)  the recommended high school program, as that
 program existed before the adoption of __.B. No. __, 83rd
 Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, if the student was
 participating in that program before the 2014-2015 school year; or
 (4)  the advanced high school program, as that program
 existed before the adoption of __.B. No. __, 83rd Legislature,
 Regular Session, 2013, if the student was participating in that
 program before the 2014-2015 school year.
 (h-1)  This subsection and Subsection (h) expire September
 1, 2018.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 20.  (a)  Section 28.0253(e), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (e)  A student who receives a high school diploma through the
 pilot program is considered to have completed the foundation
 [recommended] high school program adopted under Section 28.025
 [28.025(a)].  The student is not guaranteed admission to any
 institution of higher education or to any academic program at an
 institution of higher education solely on the basis of having
 received the diploma through the program.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 21.  (a) Section 29.081(b), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  Each district shall provide accelerated instruction to
 a student enrolled in the district who has taken an [end-of-course]
 assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(c) and has
 not performed satisfactorily on the assessment instrument or who is
 at risk of dropping out of school.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 22.  (a) Section 29.087(f), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (f)  A student participating in a program authorized by this
 section, other than a student ordered to participate under
 Subsection (d)(1), must have taken any [the] appropriate
 [end-of-course] assessment instruments required under [specified
 by] Section 39.023(c) before entering the program and must take any
 [each] appropriate [end-of-course] assessment instrument
 administered during the period in which the student is enrolled in
 the program.  [Except for a student ordered to participate under
 Subsection (d)(1), a student participating in the program may not
 take the high school equivalency examination unless the student has
 taken the assessment instruments required by this subsection.]
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 23.  (a) Section 29.096(e), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (e)  The commissioner shall establish minimum standards for
 a local collaborative agreement, including a requirement that the
 agreement must be signed by an authorized school district or
 open-enrollment charter school officer and an authorized
 representative of each of the other participating entities that is
 a partner in the collaboration. The program must:
 (1)  limit participation in the program to students
 authorized to participate by a parent or other person standing in
 parental relationship;
 (2)  have as a primary goal graduation from high school
 [under at least the recommended high school program];
 (3)  provide for local businesses or other employers to
 offer paid employment or internship opportunities and advanced
 career and vocational training;
 (4)  include an outreach component and a lead
 educational staff member to identify and involve eligible students
 and public and private entities in participating in the program;
 (5)  serve a population of students of which at least 50
 percent are identified as students at risk of dropping out of
 school, as described by Section 29.081(d);
 (6)  allocate not more than 15 percent of grant funds
 and matching funds, as determined by the commissioner, to
 administrative expenses;
 (7)  include matching funds from any of the
 participating entities; and
 (8)  include any other requirements as determined by
 the council.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 24.  (a)  Section 29.402(b), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  A person who is under 26 years of age is eligible to
 enroll in a dropout recovery program under this subchapter if the
 person:
 (1)  must complete not more than three course credits
 to complete the curriculum requirements for the minimum,
 recommended, or advanced high school program, as appropriate, for
 high school graduation; or
 (2)  has failed to perform satisfactorily on an
 end-of-course assessment instrument administered under Section
 39.023(c) as that section existed before amendment by __. B. No. __,
 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, or an assessment
 instrument administered under Section 39.023(c) as that section
 existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B. 1031), Acts of the
 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 25.  (a)  Effective September 1, 2014, Section
 29.402(b), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
 (b)  A person who is under 26 years of age is eligible to
 enroll in a dropout recovery program under this subchapter if the
 person:
 (1)  must complete not more than three course credits
 to complete the curriculum requirements for the foundation
 [minimum, recommended, or advanced] high school program[, as
 appropriate,] for high school graduation; or
 (2)  has failed to perform satisfactorily on an
 end-of-course assessment instrument administered under Section
 39.023(c) as that section existed before amendment by __. B. No. __,
 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, or an assessment
 instrument administered under Section 39.023(c) as that section
 existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B. 1031), Acts of the
 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 26.  (a)  Section 29.904(d), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (d)  A plan developed under this section:
 (1)  must establish clear, achievable goals for
 increasing the percentage of the school district's graduating
 seniors, particularly the graduating seniors attending a high
 school described by Subsection (a), who enroll in an institution of
 higher education for the academic year following graduation;
 (2)  must establish an accurate method of measuring
 progress toward the goals established under Subdivision (1) that
 may include the percentage of district high school students and the
 percentage of students attending a district high school described
 by Subsection (a) who:
 (A)  are enrolled in a course for which a student
 may earn college credit, such as an advanced placement or
 international baccalaureate course or a course offered through
 concurrent enrollment in high school and at an institution of
 higher education;
 (B)  are enrolled in courses that meet the
 curriculum requirements for the foundation [recommended or
 advanced] high school program as determined under Section 28.025;
 (C)  have submitted a free application for federal
 student aid (FAFSA);
 (D)  are exempt under Section 51.3062(p) or (q)
 from administration of an assessment instrument under Section
 51.3062 or have performed successfully on an assessment instrument
 under Section 51.3062;
 (E)  graduate from high school;
 (F)  graduate from an institution of higher
 education; and
 (G)  have taken college entrance examinations and
 the average score of those students on the examinations;
 (3)  must cover a period of at least five years; and
 (4)  may be directed at district students at any level
 of primary or secondary education.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 27.  (a)  Section 30.021(e), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (e)  The school shall cooperate with public and private
 agencies and organizations serving students and other persons with
 visual impairments in the planning, development, and
 implementation of effective educational and rehabilitative service
 delivery systems associated with educating students with visual
 impairments. To maximize and make efficient use of state
 facilities, funding, and resources, the services provided in this
 area may include conducting a cooperative program with other
 agencies to serve students who have graduated from high school by
 completing all academic requirements applicable to students in
 regular education[, excluding satisfactory performance under
 Section 39.025,] who are younger than 22 years of age on September 1
 of the school year and who have identified needs related to
 vocational training, independent living skills, orientation and
 mobility, social and leisure skills, compensatory skills, or
 remedial academic skills.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 28.  (a)  Section 30.104(b), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  A student may graduate and receive a diploma from a
 Texas Youth Commission educational program if:
 (1)  the student successfully completes the curriculum
 requirements identified by the State Board of Education under
 Section 28.025(a) [and complies with Section 39.025]; or
 (2)  the student successfully completes the curriculum
 requirements under Section 28.025(a) as modified by an
 individualized education program developed under Section 29.005.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 29.  (a)  Section 31.0211(d-1), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (d-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (d), for the state fiscal
 biennium beginning September 1, 2011, a school district shall use
 an allotment received under this section to purchase instructional
 materials that will assist the district in providing instruction
 for [satisfying performance standards under Section 39.0241, as
 added by Chapter 895 (H.B. 3), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
 Session, 2009, on] assessment instruments adopted under Sections
 39.023(a) and (c).
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 30.  (a)  Section 33.007(b), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  During the first school year a student is enrolled in a
 high school or at the high school level in an open-enrollment
 charter school, and again during a student's senior year, a
 counselor shall provide information about higher education to the
 student and the student's parent or guardian.  The information must
 include information regarding:
 (1)  the importance of higher education;
 (2)  [the advantages of completing the recommended or
 advanced high school program adopted under Section 28.025(a);
 [(3)]  the disadvantages of taking courses to prepare
 for a high school equivalency examination relative to the benefits
 of taking courses leading to a high school diploma;
 (3) [(4)]  financial aid eligibility;
 (4) [(5)]  instruction on how to apply for federal
 financial aid;
 (5) [(6)]  the center for financial aid information
 established under Section 61.0776;
 (6) [(7)]  the automatic admission of certain students
 to general academic teaching institutions as provided by Section
 51.803;
 (7) [(8)]  the eligibility and academic performance
 requirements for the TEXAS Grant as provided by Subchapter M,
 Chapter 56; and
 (8) [(9)]  the availability of programs in the district
 under which a student may earn college credit, including advanced
 placement programs, dual credit programs, joint high school and
 college credit programs, and international baccalaureate programs.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 31.  (a)  Section 39.022, Education Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 Sec. 39.022.  ASSESSMENT PROGRAM. The State Board of
 Education by rule shall adopt [create] and implement a statewide
 assessment program that is knowledge- and skills-based to ensure
 school accountability for student achievement that achieves the
 public education mission and objectives established in [goals
 provided under] Section 4.001 [4.002]. After adopting rules under
 this section, the State Board of Education shall consider the
 importance of maintaining stability in the statewide assessment
 program when adopting any subsequent modification of the rules.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 32.  (a)  Sections 39.023(a), (a-1), (a-2), (b),
 (c), (c-1), (c-4), (c-5), (c-6), (e), (i), and (n), Education Code,
 are amended to read as follows:
 (a)  The agency shall adopt [or develop] appropriate
 nationally recognized, norm-referenced [criterion-referenced]
 assessment instruments designed to assess essential knowledge and
 skills in reading, [writing,] mathematics, [social studies,] and
 science.  Except as provided by Subsection (a-2), all students in
 grades below grade nine, other than students assessed under
 Subsection (b) or (l) or exempted under Section 39.027, shall be
 assessed in subjects and grades[:
 [(1)     mathematics, annually in grades three through
 seven without the aid of technology and in grade eight with the aid
 of technology on any assessment instrument that includes algebra;
 [(2)  reading, annually in grades three through eight;
 [(3)     writing, including spelling and grammar, in
 grades four and seven;
 [(4)  social studies, in grade eight;
 [(5)  science, in grades five and eight; and
 [(6)  any other subject and grade] required by federal
 law.
 (a-1)  The agency shall adopt [develop] assessment
 instruments required under Subsections [Subsection] (a) and (c) in
 a manner that allows, to the extent practicable:
 (1)  the score a student receives to provide reliable
 information relating to a student's satisfactory performance for
 each performance standard under Section 39.0241; and
 (2)  an appropriate range of performances to serve as a
 valid indication of growth in student achievement.
 (a-2)  A student is not required to be assessed in a subject
 otherwise assessed at the student's grade level under Subsection
 (a) if the student:
 (1)  is enrolled in a course in the subject intended for
 students above the student's grade level and will be administered
 an assessment instrument adopted [or developed] under Subsection
 (a) [that aligns with the curriculum for the course in which the
 student is enrolled]; or
 (2)  is enrolled in a course in the subject for which
 the student will receive high school academic credit and will be
 administered an [end-of-course] assessment instrument adopted
 under Subsection (c) [for the course].
 (b)  The agency shall develop or adopt appropriate
 [criterion-referenced]  alternative assessment instruments to be
 administered to each student in a special education program under
 Subchapter A, Chapter 29, for whom an assessment instrument adopted
 under Subsection (a), even with allowable accommodations, would not
 provide an appropriate measure of student achievement, as
 determined by the student's admission, review, and dismissal
 committee.
 (c)  The agency shall also adopt nationally recognized,
 norm-referenced [end-of-course] assessment instruments as
 described by Subsection (a) for assessing secondary-level
 students. All students in grades 9 through 12, other than students
 exempted under Section 39.027, shall be assessed in subjects and
 grades required by federal law [courses in Algebra I, Algebra II,
 geometry, biology, chemistry, physics, English I, English II,
 English III, world geography, world history, and United States
 history.     The Algebra I, Algebra II, and geometry end-of-course
 assessment instruments must be administered with the aid of
 technology].  A school district shall comply with State Board of
 Education rules regarding administration of the assessment
 instruments [listed in this subsection and shall adopt a policy
 that requires a student's performance on an end-of-course
 assessment instrument for a course listed in this subsection in
 which the student is enrolled to account for 15 percent of the
 student's final grade for the course.     If a student retakes an
 end-of-course assessment instrument for a course listed in this
 subsection, as provided by Section 39.025, a school district is not
 required to use the student's performance on the subsequent
 administration or administrations of the assessment instrument to
 determine the student's final grade for the course].  If a student
 is in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29,
 the student's admission, review, and dismissal committee shall
 determine whether any allowable modification is necessary in
 administering to the student an assessment instrument required
 under this subsection.  The State Board of Education shall
 administer the assessment instruments.  [The State Board of
 Education shall adopt a schedule for the administration of
 end-of-course assessment instruments that complies with the
 requirements of Subsection (c-3).]
 (c-1)  The agency shall implement [develop] any assessment
 instrument required under this section in a manner that allows for
 the measurement of annual improvement in student achievement as
 required by Sections 39.034(c) and (d).
 (c-4)  To the extent practicable and subject to Section
 39.024, the agency shall ensure that each [end-of-course]
 assessment instrument adopted under Subsection (c) [is]:
 (1)  [developed in a manner that] measures a student's
 performance under the college readiness standards established
 under Section 28.008; and
 (2)  is validated by national postsecondary education
 experts for college and workforce readiness alignment that is
 appropriate for each subject being assessed [content and
 performance standards].
 (c-5)  A student's performance on an [end-of-course]
 assessment instrument required under this subchapter [Subsection
 (c)] must be included in the student's academic achievement record.
 (c-6)  In adopting an [end-of-course] assessment instrument
 under Subsection (c) [this section], the agency shall adopt and
 [consider the use of an existing assessment instrument that is
 currently available.     The agency may] use [an] existing nationally
 recognized, norm-referenced assessment instruments commonly used
 to determine student eligibility for postsecondary institution
 admission to [instrument that is currently available only if the
 assessment instrument]:
 (1)  assess college and workforce readiness [is aligned
 with the essential knowledge and skills of the subject being
 assessed]; [and]
 (2)  measure [allows for the measurement of] annual
 improvement in student achievement as provided by Subsection (c-1);
 and
 (3)  satisfy federal student testing requirements.
 (e)  Under rules adopted by the State Board of Education,
 every third year, the agency shall release the questions and answer
 keys to each assessment instrument administered under Subsection
 (a), (b), [(c), (d),] or (l)[, excluding any assessment instrument
 administered to a student for the purpose of retaking the
 assessment instrument,] after the last time the instrument is
 administered for that school year.  To ensure a valid bank of
 questions for use each year, the agency is not required to release a
 question that is being field-tested and was not used to compute the
 student's score on the instrument.  The agency shall also release,
 under board rule, each question that is no longer being
 field-tested and that was not used to compute a student's score.
 (i)  The provisions of this section[, except Subsection
 (d),] are subject to modification by rules adopted under Section
 39.022. Each assessment instrument adopted under those rules [and
 each assessment instrument required under Subsection (d)] must be
 reliable and valid and must meet any applicable federal
 requirements for measurement of student progress.
 (n)  This subsection applies only to a student who is
 determined to have dyslexia or a related disorder and who is an
 individual with a disability under 29 U.S.C. Section 705(20) and
 its subsequent amendments. The agency shall adopt [or develop]
 appropriate [criterion-referenced] assessment instruments
 designed to assess the ability of and to be administered to each
 student to whom this subsection applies for whom the assessment
 instruments adopted under Subsection (a), even with allowable
 modifications, would not provide an appropriate measure of student
 achievement, as determined by the committee established by the
 board of trustees of the district to determine the placement of
 students with dyslexia or related disorders. The committee shall
 determine whether any allowable modification is necessary in
 administering to a student an assessment instrument required under
 this subsection. The assessment instruments required under this
 subsection shall be administered on the same schedule as the
 assessment instruments administered under Subsection (a).
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 33.  (a) The heading to Section 39.025, Education
 Code, is amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 39.025.  USE OF ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT
 [SECONDARY-LEVEL] PERFORMANCE [REQUIRED].
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 34.  (a) Section 39.025(a), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (a)  A norm-referenced assessment instrument administered
 under Section 39.023 may not be used by the agency, a school
 district, or a school as an indicator of student achievement for a
 purpose that would result in a sanction as to a student, including
 using an assessment instrument as a condition for promotion from
 one grade to the next or as a condition for graduation. [The
 commissioner shall adopt rules requiring a student participating in
 the recommended or advanced high school program to be administered
 each end-of-course assessment instrument listed in Section
 39.023(c) and requiring a student participating in the minimum high
 school program to be administered an end-of-course assessment
 instrument listed in Section 39.023(c) only for a course in which
 the student is enrolled and for which an end-of-course assessment
 instrument is administered.     A student is required to achieve, in
 each subject in the foundation curriculum under Section
 28.002(a)(1), a cumulative score that is at least equal to the
 product of the number of end-of-course assessment instruments
 administered to the student in that subject and a scale score that
 indicates satisfactory performance, as determined by the
 commissioner under Section 39.0241(a).     A student must achieve a
 minimum score as determined by the commissioner to be within a
 reasonable range of the scale score under Section 39.0241(a) on an
 end-of-course assessment instrument for the score to count towards
 the student's cumulative score.     For purposes of this subsection, a
 student's cumulative score is determined using the student's
 highest score on each end-of-course assessment instrument
 administered to the student.     A student may not receive a high
 school diploma until the student has performed satisfactorily on
 the end-of-course assessment instruments in the manner provided
 under this subsection.     This subsection does not require a student
 to demonstrate readiness to enroll in an institution of higher
 education.]
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 35.  (a)  Section 39.026, Education Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 Sec. 39.026.  LOCAL OPTION. In addition to the assessment
 instruments adopted by the agency and administered by the State
 Board of Education, a school district may adopt and administer
 criterion-referenced or norm-referenced assessment instruments, or
 both, at any grade level. [A norm-referenced assessment instrument
 adopted under this section must be economical, nationally
 recognized, and state-approved.]
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 36.  (a)  Section 39.028, Education Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 Sec. 39.028.  COMPARISON OF STATE RESULTS TO NATIONAL
 RESULTS. The state assessment program shall obtain nationally
 comparative results for the subject areas and grade levels for
 which [criterion-referenced] assessment instruments are adopted
 under Section 39.023.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 37.  (a)  Section 39.034(d), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (d)  To the extent practicable, the [The] agency shall
 determine the necessary annual improvement required each year for a
 student to be prepared to perform satisfactorily on, as applicable:
 (1)  the grade five assessment instruments;
 (2)  the grade eight assessment instruments; and
 (3)  the [end-of-course] assessment instruments to be
 administered to high school students [required] under this
 subchapter [for graduation].
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 38.  (a)  Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code,
 is amended by adding Section 39.038 to read as follows:
 Sec. 39.038.  PROHIBITION ON POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION OR
 ACTIVITY BY CERTAIN CONTRACTORS.  (a) A person who is an agent of an
 entity that has been contracted to develop or implement assessment
 instruments required under Section 39.023 commits an offense if the
 person makes or authorizes a political contribution to or takes
 part in, directly or indirectly, the campaign of any person seeking
 election to or serving on the State Board of Education.
 (b)  A person who is an agent of an entity that has been
 contracted to develop or implement assessment instruments required
 under Section 39.023 commits an offense if the person serves as a
 member of a formal or informal advisory committee established by
 the commissioner, agency staff, or the State Board of Education to
 advise the commissioner, agency staff, or the State Board of
 Education regarding policies or implementation of the requirements
 of this subchapter.
 (c)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
 (b)  This section applies September 1, 2013.
 SECTION 39.  (a)  Section 39.053(c), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (c)  Indicators of student achievement adopted under this
 section must include:
 (1)  the results of assessment instruments required
 under Sections 39.023(a), (c), and (l), [including the results of
 assessment instruments required for graduation retaken by a
 student,] aggregated across grade levels by subject area,
 including:
 (A)  for the performance standard determined by
 the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a):
 (i)  the percentage of students who
 performed satisfactorily on the assessment instruments, aggregated
 across grade levels by subject area; and
 (ii)  for students who did not perform
 satisfactorily, the percentage of students who met the standard for
 annual improvement, as determined by the agency under Section
 39.034, on the assessment instruments, aggregated across grade
 levels by subject area; and
 (B)  for the college readiness performance
 standard as determined under Section 39.0241:
 (i)  the percentage of students who
 performed satisfactorily on the assessment instruments, aggregated
 across grade levels by subject area; and
 (ii)  for students who did not perform
 satisfactorily, the percentage of students who met the standard for
 annual improvement, as determined by the agency under Section
 39.034, on the assessment instruments, aggregated across grade
 levels by subject area;
 (2)  dropout rates, including dropout rates and
 district completion rates for grade levels 9 through 12, computed
 in accordance with standards and definitions adopted by the
 National Center for Education Statistics of the United States
 Department of Education; and
 (3)  high school graduation rates, computed in
 accordance with standards and definitions adopted in compliance
 with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et
 seq.).
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 40.  (a) Section 39.053(f), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (f)  Annually, the commissioner shall define the state
 standard for the current school year for each student achievement
 indicator described by Subsection (c) and shall project the state
 standards for each indicator for the following two school years.
 The commissioner shall periodically raise the state standards for
 the student achievement indicator described by Subsection
 (c)(1)(B)(i) for accreditation as necessary to reach the goals of
 achieving, by not later than the 2019-2020 school year:
 (1)  student performance in this state, disaggregated
 by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, that ranks nationally
 in the top 10 states in terms of college readiness; and
 (2)  student performance, [including the percentage of
 students graduating under the recommended or advanced high school
 program,] with no significant achievement gaps by race, ethnicity,
 and socioeconomic status.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 41.  (a) Section 39.057(a), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (a)  The commissioner shall authorize special accreditation
 investigations to be conducted:
 (1)  when excessive numbers of absences of students
 eligible to be tested on state assessment instruments are
 determined;
 (2)  when excessive numbers of allowable exemptions
 from the required state assessment instruments are determined;
 (3)  in response to complaints submitted to the agency
 with respect to alleged violations of civil rights or other
 requirements imposed on the state by federal law or court order;
 (4)  in response to established compliance reviews of
 the district's financial accounting practices and state and federal
 program requirements;
 (5)  when extraordinary numbers of student placements
 in disciplinary alternative education programs, other than
 placements under Sections 37.006 and 37.007, are determined;
 (6)  in response to an allegation involving a conflict
 between members of the board of trustees or between the board and
 the district administration if it appears that the conflict
 involves a violation of a role or duty of the board members or the
 administration clearly defined by this code;
 (7)  when excessive numbers of students in special
 education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, are assessed
 through assessment instruments developed or adopted under Section
 39.023(b);
 (8)  in response to an allegation regarding or an
 analysis using a statistical method result indicating a possible
 violation of an assessment instrument security procedure
 established under Section 39.0301, including for the purpose of
 investigating or auditing a school district under that section;
 (9)  [when a significant pattern of decreased academic
 performance has developed as a result of the promotion in the
 preceding two school years of students who did not perform
 satisfactorily as determined by the commissioner under Section
 39.0241(a) on assessment instruments administered under Section
 39.023(a), (c), or (l);
 [(10)     when excessive numbers of students graduate
 under the minimum high school program;
 [(11)]  when excessive numbers of students eligible to
 enroll fail to complete an advanced mathematics [Algebra II] course
 or any other advanced course determined by the commissioner [as
 distinguishing between students participating in the recommended
 high school program from students participating in the minimum high
 school program];
 (10) [(12)]  when resource allocation practices as
 evaluated under Section 39.0821 indicate a potential for
 significant improvement in resource allocation; or
 (11) [(13)]  as the commissioner otherwise determines
 necessary.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 42.  (a) Section 39.203(d), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (d)  In addition to the distinction designations otherwise
 described by this section, the commissioner may award a distinction
 designation to a campus with a significant number of students below
 grade nine who perform satisfactorily on an [end-of-course]
 assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(c).
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 43.  (a) Section 39.234(a), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a school district
 or campus must use funds allocated under Section 42.160 to:
 (1)  implement or administer a college and workforce
 readiness program that provides academic support and instruction to
 prepare underachieving students for entrance into an institution of
 four-year, two-year, or technical postsecondary [higher]
 education;
 (2)  implement or administer a program that encourages
 students to pursue advanced academic opportunities, including
 rigorous career and technology education programs, early college
 high school programs and dual credit, advanced placement, and
 international baccalaureate courses;
 (3)  implement or administer a program that provides
 opportunities for students to take academically rigorous course
 work, including four years of mathematics and four years of science
 at the high school level;
 (4)  implement or administer a program, including
 online course support and professional development, that aligns the
 curriculum for grades six through 12 with postsecondary curriculum
 and expectations; or
 (5)  implement or administer science, technology,
 engineering, and mathematics (STEM) initiatives and other high
 school completion and success initiatives in grades six through 12
 approved by the commissioner.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 44.  (a) Section 39.301(c), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (c)  Indicators for reporting purposes must include:
 (1)  the percentage of graduating students who meet the
 course requirements established by State Board of Education rule
 for the minimum high school program, the recommended high school
 program, and the advanced high school program;
 (2)  the results of the SAT, ACT, articulated
 postsecondary degree programs described by Section 61.852, and
 certified workforce training programs described by Chapter 311,
 Labor Code;
 (3)  for students who have failed to perform
 satisfactorily, under each performance standard under Section
 39.0241, on an assessment instrument required under Section
 39.023(a) or (c), the performance of those students on subsequent
 assessment instruments required under those sections, aggregated
 by grade level and subject area;
 (4)  for each campus, the number of students,
 disaggregated by major student subpopulations, that agree under
 Section 28.025(b) to take courses under the minimum high school
 program;
 (5)  the percentage of students, aggregated by grade
 level, provided accelerated instruction under Section 28.0211(c)[,
 the results of assessment instruments administered under that
 section, the percentage of students promoted through the grade
 placement committee process under Section 28.0211, the subject of
 the assessment instrument on which each student failed to perform
 satisfactorily under each performance standard under Section
 39.0241, and the performance of those students in the school year
 following that promotion on the assessment instruments required
 under Section 39.023];
 (6)  the percentage of students of limited English
 proficiency exempted from the administration of an assessment
 instrument under Sections 39.027(a)(1) and (2);
 (7)  the percentage of students in a special education
 program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, assessed through assessment
 instruments developed or adopted under Section 39.023(b);
 (8)  the percentage of students who satisfy the college
 readiness measure;
 (9)  the measure of progress toward dual language
 proficiency under Section 39.034(b), for students of limited
 English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052;
 (10)  the percentage of students who are not
 educationally disadvantaged;
 (11)  the percentage of students who enroll and begin
 instruction at an institution of higher education in the school
 year following high school graduation; and
 (12)  the percentage of students who successfully
 complete the first year of instruction at an institution of higher
 education without needing a developmental education course.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 45.  (a) Effective September 1, 2014, Section
 39.301(c), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
 (c)  Indicators for reporting purposes must include:
 (1)  [the percentage of graduating students who meet
 the course requirements established by State Board of Education
 rule for the minimum high school program, the recommended high
 school program, and the advanced high school program;
 [(2)]  the results of the SAT, ACT, articulated
 postsecondary degree programs described by Section 61.852, and
 certified workforce training programs described by Chapter 311,
 Labor Code;
 (2) [(3)] for students who have failed to perform
 satisfactorily, under each performance standard under Section
 39.0241, on an assessment instrument required under Section
 39.023(a) or (c), the performance of those students on subsequent
 assessment instruments required under those sections, aggregated
 by grade level and subject area;
 (3) [(4)     for each campus, the number of students,
 disaggregated by major student subpopulations, that agree under
 Section 28.025(b) to take courses under the minimum high school
 program;
 [(5)]  the percentage of students, aggregated by grade
 level, provided accelerated instruction under Section 28.0211(c)[,
 the results of assessment instruments administered under that
 section, the percentage of students promoted through the grade
 placement committee process under Section 28.0211, the subject of
 the assessment instrument on which each student failed to perform
 satisfactorily under each performance standard under Section
 39.0241, and the performance of those students in the school year
 following that promotion on the assessment instruments required
 under Section 39.023];
 (4) [(6)]  the percentage of students of limited
 English proficiency exempted from the administration of an
 assessment instrument under Sections 39.027(a)(1) and (2);
 (5) [(7)]  the percentage of students in a special
 education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, assessed through
 assessment instruments developed or adopted under Section
 39.023(b);
 (6) [(8)]  the percentage of students who satisfy the
 college readiness measure;
 (7) [(9)]  the measure of progress toward dual language
 proficiency under Section 39.034(b), for students of limited
 English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052;
 (8) [(10)]  the percentage of students who are not
 educationally disadvantaged;
 (9) [(11)]  the percentage of students who enroll and
 begin instruction at an institution of higher education in the
 school year following high school graduation; and
 (10) [(12)]  the percentage of students who
 successfully complete the first year of instruction at an
 institution of higher education without needing a developmental
 education course.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 46.  (a)  Section 39.305(b), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  The report card shall include the following
 information:
 (1)  where applicable, the student achievement
 indicators described by Section 39.053(c) and the reporting
 indicators described by Sections 39.301(c)(1) through (3) [(5)];
 (2)  average class size by grade level and subject;
 (3)  the administrative and instructional costs per
 student, computed in a manner consistent with Section 44.0071; and
 (4)  the district's instructional expenditures ratio
 and instructional employees ratio computed under Section 44.0071,
 and the statewide average of those ratios, as determined by the
 commissioner.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 47.  (a) Sections 42.154(a) and (c), Education Code,
 are amended to read as follows:
 (a)  For each full-time equivalent student in average daily
 attendance in an approved career and technology education program
 in grades eight [nine] through 12 or in career and technology
 education programs for students with disabilities in grades seven
 through 12, a district is entitled to:
 (1)  an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic
 allotment multiplied by a weight of 1.35; and
 (2)  $50, if the student is enrolled in:
 (A)  two or more advanced career and technology
 education classes for a total of three or more credits; or
 (B)  an advanced course as part of a tech-prep
 program under Subchapter T, Chapter 61.
 (c)  Funds allocated under this section, other than an
 indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education
 rule, must be used in providing career and technology education
 programs in grades eight [nine] through 12 or career and technology
 education programs for students with disabilities in grades seven
 through 12 under Sections 29.182, 29.183, and 29.184.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 48.  (a) Section 51.3062(q-1), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (q-1)  A student who has completed a recommended or advanced
 high school program as determined under Section 28.025 and
 demonstrated the performance standard for college readiness as
 provided by Section 39.024 in English language arts and mathematics
 on [the Algebra II and English III end-of-course] assessment
 instruments adopted under Section 39.023(c) is exempt from the
 requirements of this section with respect to those content
 areas.  The commissioner of higher education by rule shall
 establish the period for which an exemption under this subsection
 is valid.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
 school year.
 SECTION 49.  (a) Effective September 1, 2014, Section
 51.3062(q-1), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
 (q-1)  A student who has completed the foundation [a
 recommended or advanced] high school program as determined under
 Section 28.025 and demonstrated the performance standard for
 college readiness as provided by Section 39.024 in English language
 arts and mathematics on [the Algebra II and English III
 end-of-course] assessment instruments adopted under Section
 39.023(c) is exempt from the requirements of this section with
 respect to those content areas.  The commissioner of higher
 education by rule shall establish the period for which an exemption
 under this subsection is valid.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 50.  (a) Sections 51.803(a) and (d), Education Code,
 are amended to read as follows:
 (a)  Subject to Subsection (a-1), each general academic
 teaching institution shall admit an applicant for admission to the
 institution as an undergraduate student if the applicant graduated
 with a grade point average in the top 10 percent of the student's
 high school graduating class in one of the two school years
 preceding the academic year for which the applicant is applying for
 admission and:
 (1)  the applicant graduated from a public or private
 high school in this state accredited by a generally recognized
 accrediting organization or from a high school operated by the
 United States Department of Defense;
 (2)  the applicant:
 (A)  successfully completed:
 (i)  at a public high school, the curriculum
 requirements established under Section 28.025 for the foundation
 [recommended or advanced] high school program; or
 (ii)  at a high school to which Section
 28.025 does not apply, a curriculum that is equivalent in content
 and rigor to the foundation [recommended or advanced] high school
 program; or
 (B)  satisfied ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks
 on the ACT assessment applicable to the applicant or earned on the
 SAT assessment a score of at least 1,500 out of 2,400 or the
 equivalent; and
 (3)  if the applicant graduated from a high school
 operated by the United States Department of Defense, the applicant
 is a Texas resident under Section 54.052 or is entitled to pay
 tuition fees at the rate provided for Texas residents under Section
 54.241(d) [54.058(d)] for the term or semester to which admitted.
 (d)  For purposes of Subsection (c)(2), a student's official
 transcript or diploma must, not later than the end of the student's
 junior year, indicate[:
 [(1)]  whether the student has satisfied or is on
 schedule to satisfy the requirements of Subsection (a)(2)(A)(i) or
 (ii), as applicable[; or
 [(2)     if Subsection (b) applies to the student, whether
 the student has completed the portion of the recommended or
 advanced curriculum or of the curriculum equivalent in content and
 rigor, as applicable, that was available to the student].
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 51.  (a) Section 51.804, Education Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 Sec. 51.804.  ADDITIONAL AUTOMATIC ADMISSIONS:  SELECTED
 INSTITUTIONS. For each academic year, the governing board of each
 general academic teaching institution shall determine whether to
 adopt an admissions policy under which an applicant to the
 institution as a first-time freshman student, other than an
 applicant eligible for admission under Section 51.803, shall be
 admitted to the institution if the applicant:
 (1)  graduated from a public or private high school in
 this state accredited by a generally recognized accrediting
 organization with a grade point average in the top 25 percent of the
 applicant's high school graduating class; and
 (2)  satisfies the requirements of:
 (A)  Section 51.803(a)(2)(A) or (B) [51.803(b),
 as applicable to the student, or Section 51.803 (a)(2)(B)]; and
 (B)  Sections 51.803(c)(2) and 51.803(d).
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 52.  (a) Section 51.805(a), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (a)  A graduating student who does not qualify for admission
 under Section 51.803 or 51.804 may apply to any general academic
 teaching institution if the student satisfies the requirements of:
 (1)  Section 51.803(a)(2)(A) or (B) [51.803(b), as
 applicable to the student, or Section 51.803(a)(2)(B)]; and
 (2)  Sections 51.803(c)(2) and 51.803(d).
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 53.  (a) Section 51.807(b), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, after
 consulting with the Texas Education Agency, by rule shall establish
 standards for determining for purposes of this subchapter:
 (1)  whether a private high school is accredited by a
 generally recognized accrediting organization; and
 (2)  whether a person completed a high school
 curriculum that is equivalent in content and rigor to the
 curriculum requirements established under Section 28.025 for the
 foundation [recommended or advanced] high school program.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 54.  (a) Subchapter A, Chapter 56, Education Code,
 is amended by adding Section 56.009 to read as follows:
 Sec. 56.009.  ELIGIBILITY BASED ON GRADUATION UNDER CERTAIN
 HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. To the extent that a person's eligibility to
 participate in any program under this chapter, including
 Subchapters K, M, Q, and R, is contingent on the person graduating
 under the recommended or advanced high school program, as those
 programs existed before the adoption of __.B. No. _____, 83rd
 Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, the Texas Higher Education
 Coordinating Board and the commissioner of education shall jointly
 adopt rules to modify, clarify, or otherwise establish for affected
 programs appropriate eligibility requirements regarding high
 school curriculum completion.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 55.  (a) Section 61.0517(a), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (a)  In this section, "applied STEM course" means an applied
 science, technology, engineering, or mathematics course offered as
 part of a school district's career and technology education
 curriculum and approved[, as provided by Section 28.027,] by the
 State Board of Education for purposes of satisfying the mathematics
 and science curriculum requirements for the foundation
 [recommended] high school program [imposed] under Section 28.025
 [28.025(b-1)(1)(A)].
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 56.  (a) Section 61.792(b), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  To qualify for a scholarship under this section, a
 student must:
 (1)  have graduated with a grade point average in the
 top 20 percent of the student's high school graduating class;
 (2)  have graduated from high school with a grade point
 average of at least 3.5 on a four-point scale or the equivalent in
 mathematics and science courses offered under the foundation
 [recommended or advanced] high school program under Section 28.025
 [28.025(a)]; and
 (3)  maintain an overall grade point average of at
 least 3.0 on a four-point scale at the general academic teaching
 institution or the private or independent institution of higher
 education in which the student is enrolled.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 57.  (a) Section 61.852(a), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (a)  A tech-prep program is a program of study that:
 (1)  combines at least two years of secondary education
 with at least two years of postsecondary education in a
 nonduplicative, sequential course of study based on the foundation
 [recommended] high school program adopted by the State Board of
 Education under Section 28.025 [28.025(a)];
 (2)  integrates academic instruction and vocational
 and technical instruction;
 (3)  uses work-based and worksite learning where
 available and appropriate;
 (4)  provides technical preparation in a career field
 such as engineering technology, applied science, a mechanical,
 industrial, or practical art or trade, agriculture, health
 occupations, business, or applied economics;
 (5)  builds student competence in mathematics,
 science, reading, writing, communications, economics, and
 workplace skills through applied, contextual academics and
 integrated instruction in a coherent sequence of courses;
 (6)  leads to an associate degree, two-year
 postsecondary certificate, or postsecondary two-year
 apprenticeship with provisions, to the extent applicable, for
 students to continue toward completion of a baccalaureate degree;
 and
 (7)  leads to placement in appropriate employment or to
 further education.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 58.  (a) Section 61.855(d), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (d)  A tech-prep program must:
 (1)  be implemented under an articulation agreement
 between the participants in the consortium;
 (2)  consist of two to four years of secondary school
 preceding graduation and:
 (A)  two or more years of higher education; or
 (B)  two or more years of apprenticeship following
 secondary instruction;
 (3)  have a common core of required proficiency based
 on the foundation [recommended] high school program adopted by the
 State Board of Education under Section 28.025 [28.025(a)], with
 proficiencies in mathematics, science, reading, writing,
 communications, and technologies designed to lead to an associate's
 degree or postsecondary certificate in a specific career field;
 (4)  include the development of tech-prep program
 curricula for both secondary and postsecondary participants in the
 consortium that:
 (A)  meets academic standards developed by the
 state;
 (B)  links secondary schools and two-year
 postsecondary institutions, and, if practicable, four-year
 institutions of higher education through nonduplicative sequences
 of courses in career fields, including the investigation of
 opportunities for tech-prep students to enroll concurrently in
 secondary and postsecondary course work;
 (C)  uses, if appropriate and available,
 work-based or worksite learning in conjunction with business and
 all aspects of an industry; and
 (D)  uses educational technology and distance
 learning, as appropriate, to involve each consortium participant
 more fully in the development and operation of programs;
 (5)  include in-service training for teachers that:
 (A)  is designed to train vocational and technical
 teachers to effectively implement tech-prep programs;
 (B)  provides for joint training for teachers in
 the tech-prep consortium;
 (C)  is designed to ensure that teachers and
 administrators stay current with the needs, expectations, and
 methods of business and of all aspects of an industry;
 (D)  focuses on training postsecondary education
 faculty in the use of contextual and applied curricula and
 instruction; and
 (E)  provides training in the use and application
 of technology;
 (6)  include training programs for counselors designed
 to enable counselors to more effectively:
 (A)  provide information to students regarding
 tech-prep programs;
 (B)  support student progress in completing
 tech-prep programs;
 (C)  provide information on related employment
 opportunities;
 (D)  ensure that tech-prep students are placed in
 appropriate employment; and
 (E)  stay current with the needs, expectations,
 and methods of business and of all aspects of an industry;
 (7)  provide equal access to the full range of
 tech-prep programs for individuals who are members of special
 populations, including by the development of tech-prep program
 services appropriate to the needs of special populations; and
 (8)  provide for preparatory services that assist
 participants in tech-prep programs.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 59.  (a) Section 61.861(c), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (c)  A course developed for purposes of this section must:
 (1)  provide content that enables a student to develop
 the relevant and critical skills needed to be prepared for
 employment or additional training in a high-demand occupation;
 (2)  incorporate college and career readiness skills as
 part of the curriculum;
 (3)  be offered for dual credit; and
 (4)  satisfy a mathematics or science requirement under
 the foundation [recommended or advanced] high school program as
 determined under Section 28.025.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 60.  (a) Section 61.864, Education Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 Sec. 61.864.  REVIEW OF COURSES. Courses for which a grant
 is awarded under this subchapter shall be reviewed by the
 commissioner of higher education and the commissioner of education,
 in consultation with the comptroller and the Texas Workforce
 Commission, once every four years to determine whether the course:
 (1)  is being used by public educational institutions
 in this state;
 (2)  prepares high school students with the skills
 necessary for employment in the high-demand occupation and further
 postsecondary study; and
 (3)  satisfies a mathematics or science requirement for
 the foundation [recommended or advanced] high school program as
 determined under Section 28.025.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 61.  (a) Section 78.10(b), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  The Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science is a
 division of The University of Texas at Brownsville and is under the
 management and control of the board.  The academy serves the
 following purposes:
 (1)  to provide academically gifted and highly
 motivated junior and senior high school students with a challenging
 university-level curriculum that:
 (A)  allows students to complete high school
 graduation requirements[, including requirements adopted] under
 Section 28.025 for the foundation [advanced] high school program,
 while attending for academic credit a public institution of higher
 education;
 (B)  fosters students' knowledge of real-world
 mathematics and science issues and applications and teaches
 students to apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to
 those issues and problems;
 (C)  includes the study of English, foreign
 languages, social studies, mathematics, science, and technology;
 and
 (D)  offers students learning opportunities
 related to mathematics and science through in-depth research and
 field-based studies;
 (2)  to provide students with an awareness of
 mathematics and science careers and professional development
 opportunities through seminars, workshops, collaboration with
 postsecondary and university students including opportunities for
 summer studies, internships in foreign countries, and similar
 methods; and
 (3)  to provide students with social development
 activities that enrich the academic curriculum and student life,
 including, as determined appropriate by the academy, University
 Interscholastic League activities and other extracurricular
 activities.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 62.  (a) Section 87.505(b), Education Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  The Texas Academy of International Studies is a division
 of Texas A&M International University and is under the management
 and control of the board. The academy serves the following
 purposes:
 (1)  to provide academically gifted and highly
 motivated junior and senior high school students with a challenging
 university-level curriculum that:
 (A)  allows students to complete high school
 graduation requirements[, including requirements adopted] under
 Section 28.025 for the foundation [advanced] high school program,
 while attending for academic credit a public institution of higher
 education;
 (B)  fosters students' knowledge of real-world
 international issues and problems and teaches students to apply
 critical thinking and problem-solving skills to those issues and
 problems;
 (C)  includes the study of English, foreign
 languages, social studies, anthropology, and sociology;
 (D)  is presented through an interdisciplinary
 approach that introduces and develops issues, especially issues
 related to international concerns, throughout the curriculum; and
 (E)  offers students learning opportunities
 related to international issues through in-depth research and
 field-based studies;
 (2)  to provide students with an awareness of
 international career and professional development opportunities
 through seminars, workshops, collaboration with postsecondary
 students from other countries, summer academic international
 studies internships in foreign countries, and similar methods; and
 (3)  to provide students with social development
 activities that enrich the academic curriculum and student life,
 including, as determined appropriate by the academy, University
 Interscholastic League activities and other extracurricular
 activities generally offered by public high schools.
 (b)  This section applies beginning with the 2014-2015
 school year.
 SECTION 63.  (a) Effective September 1, 2013, the following
 provisions of the Education Code are repealed:
 (1)  Sections 28.014(c), (d), and (f);
 (2)  Sections 28.0211(a), (a-2), (e), (g), (n), (o),
 and (p);
 (3)  Sections 39.023(c-2), (c-3), (d), (g), and (o);
 (4)  Section 39.0231;
 (5)  Section 39.0232;
 (6)  Section 39.0233;
 (7)  Sections 39.024(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h),
 and (i);
 (8)  Section 39.0241(a-2);
 (9)  Section 39.0242;
 (10)  Sections 39.025(a-1), (a-2), (a-3), (b), (b-1),
 (b-2), (c), (c-1), (d), (e), (e-1), (f), and (g);
 (11)  Section 39.053(d);
 (12)  Section 42.154(d); and
 (13)  Section 51.3062(q).
 (b)  Effective September 1, 2014, the following provisions
 of the Education Code are repealed:
 (1)  Section 28.002(q),
 (2)  Sections 28.025(b-4), (b-5), (b-6), (b-8), (d),
 and (g);
 (3)  Section 28.027;
 (4)  Section 30.104(c); and
 (5)  Section 51.803(b).
 SECTION 64.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
 over another Act of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013,
 relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
 codes.
 SECTION 65.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, 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, 2013.