88R1994 CXP-D
By: Rogers H.B. No. 694
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to inclusion of a course on the United States Constitution
and the Texas Constitution in the curriculum requirements for
public high school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-24) to read as follows:
(b-24) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
requiring students enrolled in high school to complete a course on
the United States Constitution and the Texas Constitution as part
of a school district's social studies curriculum.
SECTION 2. Section 28.025(b-24), Education Code, as added
by this Act, applies beginning with students who enter the ninth
grade during the 2023-2024 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, 2023.