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| 1 | 1 | 84R1400 KKA-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Flynn H.B. No. 135 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to inclusion of a course on the United States Constitution | |
| 8 | 8 | in the curriculum requirements for public high school students. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (b-21) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b-21) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules | |
| 13 | 13 | requiring students enrolled in grade level 12 to complete a course | |
| 14 | 14 | on the United States Constitution as part of a district's social | |
| 15 | 15 | studies curriculum. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. Section 28.025(b-21), Education Code, as added | |
| 17 | 17 | by this Act, applies beginning with students who enter the ninth | |
| 18 | 18 | grade during the 2015-2016 school year. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 20 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |