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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sequencing of required English language arts |
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courses in schools. |
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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-2), Education Code, as amended |
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by Chapter 211 (H.B. 5), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b-2) In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State |
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Board of Education shall provide for a student to comply with the |
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curriculum requirements for an advanced English course under |
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Subsection (b-1)(1) taken after successful completion of English I |
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and [,] English II, [and English III,] for an advanced mathematics |
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course under Subsection (b-1)(2) taken after the successful |
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completion of Algebra I and geometry, and for any advanced science |
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course under Subsection (b-1)(3) by successfully completing a |
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course in the appropriate content area that has been approved as an |
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advanced course by board rule or that is offered as an advanced |
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course for credit without board approval as provided by Section |
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28.002(g-1). |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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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, 2017. |