| 1 | 1 | | 86R14217 TSS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Meza H.B. No. 4471 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to an elective course in human rights in public schools. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 28.0105 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 28.0105. ELECTIVE COURSE IN HUMAN RIGHTS. (a) A |
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| 12 | 12 | | school district may offer an elective course in human rights based |
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| 13 | 13 | | on the model curriculum developed under Subsection (b) to students |
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| 14 | 14 | | in middle school, junior high school, and high school. The course |
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| 15 | 15 | | provided to high school students, if offered by the school |
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| 16 | 16 | | district, must meet the requirements for a one-half elective credit |
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| 17 | 17 | | under Section 28.025. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with human |
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| 19 | 19 | | rights activists and academic professionals, shall develop a model |
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| 20 | 20 | | curriculum for an elective course in human rights. The model |
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| 21 | 21 | | curriculum must include: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) instruction in: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (A) global awareness; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (B) culture; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (C) the history of human rights; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (D) the universal declaration of human rights; |
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| 27 | 27 | | and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) a community service and leadership component. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 30 | 30 | | of this Act, the State Board of Education shall develop the model |
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| 31 | 31 | | curriculum required under Section 28.0105(b), Education Code, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | added by this Act. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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| 34 | 34 | | school year. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 36 | 36 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 37 | 37 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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