Texas 2023 - 88th 3rd C.S.

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1	1	By: Bucy H.B. No. 51
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to requiring fine arts as part of the foundation
7	7	curriculum for public schools.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Sections 28.002(a) and (n), Education Code, are
10	10	amended to read as follows:
11	11	(a) Each school district that offers kindergarten through
12	12	grade 12 shall offer, as a required curriculum:
13	13	(1) a foundation curriculum that includes:
14	14	(A) English language arts;
15	15	(B) mathematics;
16	16	(C) science; [and]
17	17	(D) social studies, consisting of Texas, United
18	18	States, and world history, government, economics, with emphasis on
19	19	the free enterprise system and its benefits, and geography; and
20	20	(E) fine arts; and
21	21	(2) an enrichment curriculum that includes:
22	22	(A) to the extent possible, languages other than
23	23	English;
24	24	(B) health, with emphasis on:
25	25	(i) physical health, including the
26	26	importance of proper nutrition and exercise;
27	27	(ii) mental health, including instruction
28	28	about mental health conditions, substance abuse, skills to manage
29	29	emotions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, and
30	30	responsible decision-making; and
31	31	(iii) suicide prevention, including
32	32	recognizing suicide-related risk factors and warning signs;
33	33	(C) physical education;
34	34	(D) [fine arts;
35	35	[(E)] career and technology education;
36	36	(E) [(F)] technology applications;
37	37	(F) [(G)] religious literature, including the
38	38	Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and New Testament, and its impact
39	39	on history and literature; and
40	40	(G) [(H)] personal financial literacy.
41	41	(n) The State Board of Education may by rule develop and
42	42	implement a plan designed to incorporate foundation curriculum
43	43	requirements into the career and technology education curriculum
44	44	under Subsection (a)(2)(D) [(a)(2)(E)].
45	45	SECTION 2. Section 28.003(b), Education Code, is amended to
46	46	read as follows:
47	47	(b) In this section, "educational program" means a course or
48	48	series of courses in the required curriculum under Section 28.002,
49	49	other than a fine arts course under Section 28.002(a)(1)(E)
50	50	[28.002(a)(2)(D)] or a career and technology course under Section
51	51	28.002(a)(2)(D) [28.002(a)(2)(E)].
52	52	SECTION 3. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, is amended
53	53	to read as follows:
54	54	(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require
55	55	that the curriculum requirements for the foundation high school
56	56	program under Subsection (a) include a requirement that students
57	57	successfully complete:
58	58	(1) four credits in English language arts under
59	59	Section 28.002(a)(1)(A), including one credit in English I, one
60	60	credit in English II, one credit in English III, and one credit in
61	61	an advanced English course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
62	62	(2) three credits in mathematics under Section
63	63	28.002(a)(1)(B), including one credit in Algebra I, one credit in
64	64	geometry, and one credit in any advanced mathematics course
65	65	authorized under Subsection (b-2);
66	66	(3) three credits in science under Section
67	67	28.002(a)(1)(C), including one credit in biology, one credit in any
68	68	advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2), and one
69	69	credit in integrated physics and chemistry or in an additional
70	70	advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
71	71	(4) three credits in social studies under Section
72	72	28.002(a)(1)(D), including one credit in United States history, at
73	73	least one-half credit in government and at least one-half credit in
74	74	economics or personal financial literacy & economics, and one
75	75	credit in world geography or world history;
76	76	(5) except as provided under Subsections (b-12),
77	77	(b-13), and (b-14), two credits in the same language in a language
78	78	other than English under Section 28.002(a)(2)(A);
79	79	(6) five elective credits;
80	80	(7) one credit in fine arts under Section
81	81	28.002(a)(1)(E) [28.002(a)(2)(D)]; and
82	82	(8) except as provided by Subsection (b-11), one
83	83	credit in physical education under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C).
84	84	SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
85	85	school year.
86	86	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
87	87	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
88	88	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
89	89	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
90	90	Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
91	91	legislative session.