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Amend the Eissler amendment to HB 2217 as follows:
(1) On page 7, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill:
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 28.0022 to read as follows:
Sec. 28.0022. REVIEW PANEL FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION CURRICULUM. (a) Not later than November 1, 2007, the
agency shall establish a panel under this section to:
(1) review and recommend revisions to the career and
technical education curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(2)(F); and
(2) review and recommend revisions for the program in
which high schools and articulated postsecondary institutions
allow high school students to take advanced technical credit
courses.
(b) The panel established under this section shall consist
of:
(1) individuals who have expertise developing or
administering career and technical education programs; and
(2) employers who hire students who have obtained
certification or credentials under a career and technical education
program.
(c) A member of the panel serves on a voluntary basis
without compensation.
(d) Not later than November 1, 2008, the panel shall:
(1) complete the review as required by this section
of:
(A) the career and technical education
curriculum; and
(B) the program under which high schools and
articulated postsecondary institutions allow high school students
to take advanced technical credit courses; and
(2) make recommendations to the State Board of
Education as necessary to:
(A) increase the academic rigor of the career and
technical education curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(2)(F); and
(B) improve and increase participation in the
program under which high schools and articulated postsecondary
institutions allow high school students to take advanced technical
credit courses.
(e) Not later than September 1, 2009, the State Board of
Education by rule shall revise the essential knowledge and skills
of the career and technical education curriculum as provided by
Section 28.002(c) based on the recommendations of the panel under
Subsection (d). The State Board of Education shall require school
districts to provide instruction in the career and technical
education curriculum, as revised under this subsection, beginning
with the 2010-2011 school year.
(f) This section expires September 1, 2014.
(2) On page 7, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill:
SECTION ____. Section 28.009, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read
as follows:
(a) Each school district shall implement a program under
which students may earn the equivalent of at least 12 semester
credit hours of college credit in high school. On request, a public
institution of higher education in this state shall assist a school
district in developing and implementing the program. The college
credit may be earned through:
(1) international baccalaureate, advanced placement,
or dual credit courses;
(2) articulated postsecondary courses provided for
local credit or articulated postsecondary advanced technical
credit courses provided for state credit; or
(3) any combination of the courses described by
Subdivisions (1) and (2).
(c) Each school district shall annually report to the
agency:
(1) the number of district students, including career
and technical students, who have participated in the program and
earned college credit; and
(2) the cumulative number of courses in which
participating district students have enrolled and college credit
hours the students have earned.
(d) In this section:
(1) "Career and technical student" means:
(A) a secondary education student who has entered
the first course in a sequence of two or more technical courses for
three or more credits in a career and technical education program;
or
(B) a student who:
(i) is enrolled in an academic or workforce
course that is part of a sequence of courses leading to an
industry-recognized credential, certificate, or degree; and
(ii) has declared that sequence of courses
as the student's major course of study.
(2) "Sequence of courses" means career and technical
education courses approved by the State Board of Education,
innovative courses approved by the State Board of Education that
are provided for local credit, or a tech-prep program of study under
Section 61.852.
(3) On page 7, line 24, strike "(d) and (e)" and substitute
"(d), (e), and (f)".
(4) On page 7, between lines 28 and 29, insert the
following:
(f) Each school district is encouraged to establish for each
student entering grade nine a personal graduation plan that
identifies a course of study that:
(1) promotes:
(A) college and workforce readiness; and
(B) career placement and advancement; and
(2) facilitates the student's transition from
secondary to postsecondary education.
SECTION ____. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b-1) and adding Subsection (b-2) to read as
follows:
(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require
that:
(1) except as provided by Subsection (b-2), the
curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced high
school programs under Subsection (a) include a requirement that
students successfully complete four courses in each subject of the
foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1); and
(2) one or more courses offered in the required
curriculum for the recommended and advanced high school programs
include a research writing component.
(b-2) In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State
Board of Education shall allow a student to comply with the
curriculum requirements for a mathematics course under Subsection
(b-1)(1) taken after the successful completion of an Algebra II
course or science course under Subsection (b-1)(1) taken after the
successful completion of a physics course by successfully
completing an advanced career and technical course designated by
the State Board of Education as containing substantively similar
and rigorous academic content. A student may use the option
provided by this subsection for not more than two courses.
(5) Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.