83R2769 JSL-D
By: Krause H.B. No. 399
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirement that certain high school students
successfully complete four courses in each subject of the
foundation curriculum.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.025(b-2), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b-2) In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State
Board of Education shall provide each school district the
discretion to allow a student to comply with the curriculum
requirements for a mathematics course under Subsection (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 an advanced career and technical course
designated by the school district [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.
SECTION 2. 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.