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1	1	89R3567 CMO-D
2	2	By: Tepper H.B. No. 1457
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the inclusion of a course on modern conflicts in the
10	10	curriculum requirements for public high school students.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by
13	13	amending Subsection (b-1) and adding Subsection (b-25) to read as
14	14	follows:
15	15	(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require
16	16	that the curriculum requirements for the foundation high school
17	17	program under Subsection (a) include a requirement that students
18	18	successfully complete:
19	19	(1) four credits in English language arts under
20	20	Section 28.002(a)(1)(A), including one credit in English I, one
21	21	credit in English II, one credit in English III, and one credit in
22	22	an advanced English course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
23	23	(2) three credits in mathematics under Section
24	24	28.002(a)(1)(B), including one credit in Algebra I, one credit in
25	25	geometry, and one credit in any advanced mathematics course
26	26	authorized under Subsection (b-2);
27	27	(3) three credits in science under Section
28	28	28.002(a)(1)(C), including one credit in biology, one credit in any
29	29	advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2), and one
30	30	credit in integrated physics and chemistry or in an additional
31	31	advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
32	32	(4) three and one-half credits in social studies under
33	33	Section 28.002(a)(1)(D), including one credit in United States
34	34	history, at least one-half credit in government and at least
35	35	one-half credit in economics or personal financial literacy &
36	36	economics, [and] one credit in world geography or world history,
37	37	and one-half credit in modern conflicts;
38	38	(5) except as provided under Subsections (b-12),
39	39	(b-13), and (b-14), two credits in the same language in a language
40	40	other than English under Section 28.002(a)(2)(A);
41	41	(6) four and one-half [five] elective credits;
42	42	(7) one credit in fine arts under Section
43	43	28.002(a)(2)(D); and
44	44	(8) except as provided by Subsection (b-11), one
45	45	credit in physical education under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C).
46	46	(b-25) In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State
47	47	Board of Education shall ensure that a course on modern conflicts
48	48	taken to comply with the requirements under Subsection (b-1)(4)
49	49	includes instruction in accordance with Section 28.0122.
50	50	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
51	51	amended by adding Section 28.0122 to read as follows:
52	52	Sec. 28.0122. REQUIRED COURSE ON MODERN CONFLICTS. A
53	53	course in modern conflicts required under Section 28.025(b-1)(4)
54	54	must include instruction relating to:
55	55	(1) the modern history of Russia, including:
56	56	(A) the Bolshevik Revolution;
57	57	(B) the Chernobyl disaster;
58	58	(C) the government structure of the Soviet Union
59	59	and the disbursement of wealth in the region;
60	60	(D) the collapse of the Soviet Union, including
61	61	the Revolutions of 1989 and Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall"
62	62	and "Evil Empire" speeches;
63	63	(E) economic reform under Mikhail Gorbachev;
64	64	(F) the invasion of Afghanistan and the funding
65	65	by the United States of the mujahideen related to the invasion; and
66	66	(G) relevant political ideologies, including:
67	67	(i) Leninism;
68	68	(ii) War Communism; and
69	69	(iii) Stalinism, including atrocities
70	70	committed under Stalin;
71	71	(2) the history of the People's Republic of China,
72	72	including:
73	73	(A) the rise of the Communist Party of China;
74	74	(B) the concept of the Great Leap Forward;
75	75	(C) the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests;
76	76	(D) any history of famine experienced in the
77	77	country;
78	78	(E) the conquering of Tibet and the effects on
79	79	the Dalai Lama; and
80	80	(F) the treatment of ethnic and religious
81	81	minorities, including the Uyghurs and Tibetans and the followers of
82	82	Falun Gong;
83	83	(3) the history of North Korea;
84	84	(4) the Communist Party of Cuba and the economic
85	85	effects of communism on Cuba;
86	86	(5) the Cambodian Genocide;
87	87	(6) the fall of the Berlin Wall;
88	88	(7) the Gulf War and Operation Desert Storm;
89	89	(8) the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the
90	90	collapse of the World Trade Center Twin Towers; and
91	91	(9) the Iraq and Afghan Wars, including:
92	92	(A) the history of Saddam Hussein;
93	93	(B) the history of the mujahideen and the
94	94	Taliban;
95	95	(C) the concept of Sharia law;
96	96	(D) the history of Osama Bin Laden; and
97	97	(E) the history of the Islamic State of Iraq and
98	98	Syria (ISIS).
99	99	SECTION 3. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as amended
100	100	by this Act, applies only to students entering the ninth grade
101	101	during the 2025-2026 school year or a later school year. For
102	102	students entering a grade above ninth grade during the 2025-2026
103	103	school year, Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as that section
104	104	existed before amendment by this Act, applies, and that section is
105	105	continued in effect for that purpose.
106	106	SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
107	107	school year.
108	108	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
109	109	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
110	110	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
111	111	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
112	112	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.