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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an alternative graduation plan for students planning to |
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attend certain postsecondary educational institutions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, is amended |
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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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provides a program of rigorous, standards-based coursework |
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designed to prepare students to attend a postsecondary educational |
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institution that primarily offers associate's degrees or |
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certificates or other credentials other than baccalaureate or |
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advanced degrees; 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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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with students who |
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enter the ninth grade in the 2010-2011 school year. |
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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. |