89R12048 MEW-D
By: A. Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 4428
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the approval of innovative courses by the State Board of
Education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 28.015 to read as follows:
Sec. 28.015. APPROVAL OF INNOVATIVE COURSES. The State
Board of Education shall place on the board's agenda and consider
for approval an innovative course for which a school district or
open-enrollment charter school has submitted to the board an
application for approval not later than the later of:
(1) the end of the school year immediately following
the school year during which the course was piloted; or
(2) the first anniversary of the date on which the
district or school submitted the application.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.