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