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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that certain high school students |
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successfully complete four courses in each subject of the |
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foundation curriculum. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b-1) and adding Subsection (b-2) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require |
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that: |
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(1) except as provided by Subsection (b-2), the |
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curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced high |
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school programs under Subsection (a) include a requirement that |
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students successfully complete four courses in each subject of the |
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foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1); and |
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(2) one or more courses offered in the required |
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curriculum for the recommended and advanced high school programs |
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include a research writing component. |
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(b-2) The State Board of Education by rule shall allow a |
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student to comply with the curriculum requirements prescribed under |
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Subsection (b-1)(1) by successfully completing a career and |
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technology course in the place of a mathematics course or a science |
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course. A student may substitute the successful completion of not |
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more than two career and technology courses in the manner provided |
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by this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |