78R5861 CAS-D

By:  Giddings                                                     H.B. No. 2804



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to school district internship programs in which students 
earn local credit for high school graduation by working with 
elected government officials.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 28.002(f), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(f)  In addition to courses in the required curriculum, a [A] 
school district may offer courses for local credit, including an 
internship program in which a student works with an elected local, 
state, or national government official [in addition to those in the 
required curriculum].  The State Board of Education shall be 
flexible in approving a course for credit for high school 
graduation under this subsection.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.