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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an elective course in human rights in public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 28.0105 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.0105. ELECTIVE COURSE IN HUMAN RIGHTS. (a) A |
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school district may offer an elective course in human rights based |
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on the model curriculum developed under Subsection (b) to students |
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in middle school, junior high school, and high school. The course |
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provided to high school students, if offered by the school |
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district, must meet the requirements for a one-half elective credit |
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under Section 28.025. |
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(b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with human |
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rights activists and academic professionals, shall develop a model |
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curriculum for an elective course in human rights. The model |
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curriculum must include: |
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(1) instruction in: |
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(A) global awareness; |
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(B) culture; |
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(C) the history of human rights; and |
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(D) the universal declaration of human rights; |
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and |
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(2) a community service and leadership component. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the State Board of Education shall develop the model |
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curriculum required under Section 28.0105(b), Education Code, as |
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added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2019. |