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79R4127 KKA-D
By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 1145
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of instruction in the Spanish language as
part of the required curriculum in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c-2) and (c-3) to
read as follows:
(a) Each school district that offers kindergarten through
grade 12 shall offer, as a required curriculum:
(1) a foundation curriculum that includes:
(A) English language arts;
(B) Spanish;
(C) mathematics;
(D) [(C)] science; and
(E) [(D)] social studies, consisting of Texas,
United States, and world history, government, and geography; and
(2) an enrichment curriculum that includes:
(A) to the extent possible, languages other than
English and Spanish;
(B) health;
(C) physical education;
(D) fine arts;
(E) economics, with emphasis on the free
enterprise system and its benefits;
(F) career and technology education; and
(G) technology applications.
(c-2) In adopting the essential knowledge and skills under
Subsection (c) for Spanish, the State Board of Education shall
adopt knowledge and skills designed to result in students who are
proficient in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehending
Spanish.
(c-3) The State Board of Education may adopt rules providing
for an exemption from the required Spanish curriculum for a student
who demonstrates proficiency in speaking, reading, writing, and
comprehending Spanish.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2006-2007
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2005.