Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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2	2	By: Hughes S.B. No. 2098
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to requirements for courses in the core curriculum adopted
10	10	by public institutions of higher education.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter S, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Section 61.8221 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 61.8221. REQUIREMENTS FOR COURSES IN CORE CURRICULUM.
15	15	A course in an institution of higher education's core curriculum
16	16	adopted under Section 61.822(b):
17	17	(1) may not:
18	18	(A) distort a significant historical event;
19	19	(B) include an aspect that teaches identity
20	20	politics; or
21	21	(C) be based on a theory that systemic racism,
22	22	sexism, oppression, or privilege is inherent in the institutions of
23	23	the United States or this state or was created to maintain social,
24	24	political, or economic inequities; and
25	25	(2) must impart:
26	26	(A) for a communication course, the ability to
27	27	communicate effectively, including the ability to write clearly and
28	28	engage in public speaking;
29	29	(B) for a mathematics course, an understanding of
30	30	key mathematical concepts and the application of appropriate
31	31	quantitative tools to everyday experience;
32	32	(C) for a life and physical science course, the
33	33	ability to critically examine and evaluate the principles of the
34	34	scientific method and an understanding of biology, life sciences,
35	35	anatomy, chemistry, physics, geology, astronomy, or computer
36	36	sciences;
37	37	(D) for a language course, an ability to speak,
38	38	read, and write in a foreign language;
39	39	(E) for a literature or philosophy course, an
40	40	understanding of the literary or philosophical development of
41	41	Western civilization;
42	42	(F) for an arts course, an appreciation of and
43	43	ability to analyze visual arts, performing arts, music, or film;
44	44	(G) for a United States history course, a broad
45	45	understanding of the history of the United States and of this state;
46	46	(H) for a United States government course, an
47	47	understanding of civics, including principles of the founding of
48	48	the United States, such as natural rights, liberty, equality,
49	49	democracy, separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism,
50	50	constitutional self-government, and the structure, function, and
51	51	roles of state and local governments; and
52	52	(I) for a behavioral and social science course,
53	53	an understanding of concepts and principles used in the analysis of
54	54	human behavior and of past and present social, political, and
55	55	economic issues.
56	56	SECTION 2. Section 61.8221, Education Code, as added by
57	57	this Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year.
58	58	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
59	59	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
60	60	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
61	61	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
62	62	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.