78R7176 CAS-D

By:  Keffer of Eastland                                           H.B. No. 2108



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the technology applications credit requirement for 
graduation from public high school.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  To satisfy a curriculum requirement identified under 
Subsection (a) that a student earn a technology applications 
credit, a student may either:
		(1)  earn a credit in a technology applications course 
specified by State Board of Education rule; or
		(2)  earn three credits in two or more state-approved 
career and technology education courses.
	SECTION 2.  Section 28.025(g), Education Code, as added by 
this Act, applies to credit for a career and technology education 
course earned before, on, or after September 1, 2003.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.