By: Paxton S.B. No. 1374
(In the Senate - Filed March 1, 2019; March 14, 2019, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 30, 2019,
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; April 30, 2019, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1374 By: Paxton
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sequencing of certain required mathematics courses
in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-6) to read as follows:
(b-6) A school district may allow a student to enroll
concurrently in Algebra I and geometry.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
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, 2019.
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