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AN ACT
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relating to increasing the courses offered in the career and |
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technology education curriculum. |
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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 28.00222 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.00222. INCREASE IN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND |
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CAREER-RELATED COURSES. (a) Not later than September 1, 2014, the |
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State Board of Education shall ensure that at least six advanced |
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career and technology education or technology applications |
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courses, including a course in personal financial literacy that is |
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consistent with Section 28.0021, are approved to satisfy a fourth |
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credit in mathematics required for high school graduation. |
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(b) Not later than January 1, 2015, the commissioner shall |
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review and report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the |
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speaker of the house of representatives, and the presiding officer |
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of each standing committee of the legislature with primary |
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responsibility over public primary and secondary education |
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regarding the progress of increasing the number of courses approved |
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for the career and technology education or technology applications |
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curriculum. The commissioner shall include in the report a |
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detailed description of any new courses, including instructional |
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materials and required equipment, if any. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 2. |
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Section 28.025(b-2), Education Code, is amended |
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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 allow a student to comply with the |
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curriculum requirements for the third and fourth [a] mathematics |
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credits [course] under Subsection (b-1)(1) [taken after the
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successful completion of Algebra I and geometry and either after
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the successful completion of or concurrently with Algebra II] or |
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the third and fourth [a] science credits [course] under Subsection |
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(b-1)(1) [taken after the successful completion of biology and
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chemistry and either after the successful completion of or
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concurrently with physics] by successfully completing an advanced |
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career and technical course designated by the State Board of |
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Education as containing substantively similar and rigorous |
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academic content. [A student may use the option provided by this
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subsection for not more than two courses.] |
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SECTION 3. Section 28.027(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The State Board of Education shall establish a process |
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under which an applied STEM course may be reviewed and approved for |
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purposes of satisfying the mathematics and science curriculum |
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requirements for the recommended high school program imposed under |
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Section 28.025(b-1)(1)(A) through substitution of the applied STEM |
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course for a specific mathematics or science course otherwise |
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required under the recommended high school program [and completed
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during the student's fourth year of mathematics or science course
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work]. The State Board of Education may only approve a course to |
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substitute for a mathematics course taken after successful |
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completion of Algebra I and geometry [and after successful
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completion of or concurrently with Algebra II]. The State Board of |
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Education may only approve a course to substitute for a science |
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course taken after successful completion of biology [and chemistry
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and after successful completion of or concurrently with physics]. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2201 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2201 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2201 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |