| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 678 |
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| 1 | + | By: Guillen, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Powell) H.B. No. 678 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 3, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | April 4, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Education; May 14, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | + | Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 14, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to the public high school graduation credit requirements |
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| 6 | 12 | | for a language other than English. |
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| 7 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 28.025(b-21), Education Code, is amended |
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| 9 | 15 | | to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 16 | | (b-21) In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State |
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| 11 | 17 | | Board of Education shall adopt criteria to allow a student to comply |
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| 12 | 18 | | with the curriculum requirement for one credit under Subsection |
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| 13 | 19 | | (b-1)(5) by successfully completing at an elementary school either |
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| 14 | 20 | | a dual language immersion program under Section 28.0051 or a course |
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| 15 | 21 | | in American Sign Language [at an elementary school]. |
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| 16 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 17 | 23 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 18 | 24 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 19 | 25 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 20 | 26 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 21 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 22 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 23 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 678 was passed by the House on April |
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| 24 | | - | 2, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 25 | | - | voting. |
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| 26 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 27 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 28 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 678 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 29 | | - | 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 30 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 31 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 32 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 33 | | - | Date |
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| 34 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 35 | | - | Governor |
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| 27 | + | * * * * * |
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