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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring a health credit for high school graduation. |
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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 credits in each subject of the |
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foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1), including at |
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least one-half credit in government and at least one-half credit in |
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economics to meet the social studies requirement; |
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(B) for the recommended high school program, two |
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credits in the same language in a language other than English under |
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Section 28.002(a)(2)(A) and, for the advanced high school program, |
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three credits in the same language in a language other than English |
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under Section 28.002(a)(2)(A); and |
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(C) for the recommended high school program, |
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5-1/2 [six] elective credits and, for the advanced high school |
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program, 4-1/2 [five] elective credits; |
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(2) one or more credits 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; and |
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(3) the curriculum requirements for the minimum, |
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recommended, and advanced high school programs under Subsection (a) |
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include a requirement that students successfully complete: |
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(A) one credit in fine arts under Section |
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28.002(a)(2)(D); [and] |
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(B) except as provided by Subsection (b-11), one |
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credit in physical education under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C); and |
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(C) one-half credit in health under Section |
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28.002(a)(2)(B). |
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SECTION 2. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to students entering the ninth grade |
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during the 2013-2014 school year or a later school year. For |
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students entering a grade above ninth grade during the 2013-2014 |
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school year, Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as that section |
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existed before amendment by this Act, applies, and that section is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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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, 2013. |