H.B. No. 1431
AN ACT
relating to the development of a career-oriented foreign language
program that public schools may offer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (t) to read as follows:
(t) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
commissioner of higher education and business and industry leaders,
shall develop an advanced language course that a school district
may use in the curriculum under Subsection (a)(2)(A) to provide
students with instruction in industry-related terminology that
prepares students to communicate in a language other than English
in a specific professional, business, or industry environment.
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, 2015.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1431 was passed by the House on May 8,
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 6, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1431 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor