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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirements for the recommended and advanced |
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public high school programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 28.025(b-1) and (b-2), Education Code, |
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are amended to read as 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: |
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(A) four courses in each subject of the |
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foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1); or |
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(B) a career and technology curriculum that: |
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(i) provides a program of rigorous, |
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standards-based coursework designed to prepare students for |
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obtaining a license, certificate, or credential required for |
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employment in a field of business or industry; and |
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(ii) prescribes successful completion of |
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three courses in mathematics, three courses in science, and four |
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courses in each other subject of the foundation curriculum under |
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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) In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State |
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Board of Education shall allow a student to comply with the |
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curriculum requirements for a mathematics course under Subsection |
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(b-1)(1)(A) [(b-1)(1)] taken after the successful completion of an |
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Algebra II course or science course under Subsection (b-1)(1)(A) |
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[(b-1)(1)] taken after the successful completion of a physics |
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course by successfully completing an advanced career and technology |
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[technical] course designated by the State Board of Education as |
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containing substantively similar and rigorous academic content. A |
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student may use the option provided by this subsection for not more |
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than two courses. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2010, the State Board |
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of Education shall adopt rules as required by Section 28.025(b-1), |
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Education Code, as amended by this Act. The rules shall provide |
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that the curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced |
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high school programs adopted under that subsection apply to a |
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student regardless of the school year in which the student entered |
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the ninth grade. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2009. |