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| 1 | 1 | 85R1768 KJE-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Burton S.B. No. 1827 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a government course for public school students enrolled | |
| 8 | 8 | at the fifth and eighth grade levels. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (c-3) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c-3) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules | |
| 13 | 13 | requiring students enrolled in grade levels five and eight to | |
| 14 | 14 | complete at least one semester course on government during those | |
| 15 | 15 | grade levels as part of a district's social studies curriculum. The | |
| 16 | 16 | course must include the essential knowledge and skills adopted for | |
| 17 | 17 | the government course required for high school students under | |
| 18 | 18 | Section 28.025(b-1)(4), adjusted as appropriate for age. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2018-2019 | |
| 20 | 20 | school year. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |