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1		-	By: King of Taylor (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1430
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
3		-	May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Education; May 11, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 11, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to the inclusion of mental health in the public services
12	6		endorsement on a public school diploma and in information about
13	7		health science career pathways.
14	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	9		SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
16	10		amended by adding Section 28.02122 to read as follows:
17	11		Sec. 28.02122. INCLUSION OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONS IN
18	12		HEALTH SCIENCE CAREER INFORMATION. The agency shall ensure that
19	13		any information provided to students relating to health science
20	14		careers includes information regarding mental health professions.
21	15		To the extent that the public services endorsement includes
22	16		information on health science career pathways, the information must
23	17		include mental health careers as a possible pathway.
24	18		SECTION 2. Section 28.025(c-1), Education Code, is amended
25	19		to read as follows:
26	20		(c-1) A student may earn an endorsement on the student's
27	21		diploma and transcript by successfully completing curriculum
28	22		requirements for that endorsement adopted by the State Board of
29	23		Education by rule. The State Board of Education by rule shall
30	24		provide students with multiple options for earning each
31	25		endorsement, including, to the greatest extent possible, coherent
32	26		sequences of courses. The State Board of Education by rule must
33	27		permit a student to enroll in courses under more than one
34	28		endorsement curriculum before the student's junior year. An
35	29		endorsement under this subsection may be earned in any of the
36	30		following categories:
37	31		(1) science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
38	32		(STEM), which includes courses directly related to science,
39	33		including environmental science, technology, including computer
40	34		science, engineering, and advanced mathematics;
41	35		(2) business and industry, which includes courses
42	36		directly related to database management, information technology,
43	37		communications, accounting, finance, marketing, graphic design,
44	38		architecture, construction, welding, logistics, automotive
45	39		technology, agricultural science, and heating, ventilation, and
46	40		air conditioning;
47	41		(3) public services, which includes courses directly
48	42		related to health sciences and occupations, mental health,
49	43		education and training, law enforcement, and culinary arts and
50	44		hospitality;
51	45		(4) arts and humanities, which includes courses
52	46		directly related to political science, world languages, cultural
53	47		studies, English literature, history, and fine arts; and
54	48		(5) multidisciplinary studies, which allows a student
55	49		to:
56	50		(A) select courses from the curriculum of each
57	51		endorsement area described by Subdivisions (1) through (4); and
58	52		(B) earn credits in a variety of advanced courses
59	53		from multiple content areas sufficient to complete the
60	54		distinguished level of achievement under the foundation high school
61	55		program.
62	56		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
63	57		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
64	58		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
65	59		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
66	60		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	61	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	62	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	63	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1430 was passed by the House on April
	64	+	23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 2, 2 present, not
	65	+	voting.
	66	+	______________________________
	67	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	68	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1430 was passed by the Senate on May
	69	+	13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	70	+	______________________________
	71	+	Secretary of the Senate
	72	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	73	+	Date
	74	+	_____________________
	75	+	Governor