85R9812 MM-F
By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 1531
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sequencing of required English language arts
courses in schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.025(b-2), Education Code, as amended
by Chapter 211 (H.B. 5), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(b-2) In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State
Board of Education shall provide for a student to comply with the
curriculum requirements for an advanced English course under
Subsection (b-1)(1) taken after successful completion of English I
and [,] English II, [and English III,] for an advanced mathematics
course under Subsection (b-1)(2) taken after the successful
completion of Algebra I and geometry, and for any advanced science
course under Subsection (b-1)(3) by successfully completing a
course in the appropriate content area that has been approved as an
advanced course by board rule or that is offered as an advanced
course for credit without board approval as provided by Section
28.002(g-1).
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
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, 2017.