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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the approval of innovative courses by the State Board of |
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Education. |
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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 28.015 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.015. APPROVAL OF INNOVATIVE COURSES. The State |
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Board of Education shall place on the board's agenda and consider |
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for approval an innovative course for which a school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school has submitted to the board an |
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application for approval not later than the later of: |
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(1) the end of the school year immediately following |
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the school year during which the course was piloted; or |
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(2) the first anniversary of the date on which the |
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district or school submitted the application. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |