Bill Text: TX HB281 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to physical education credits required for high school graduation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-15 - Referred to Public Education [HB281 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB281-Introduced.html
82R1932 CAE-D | ||
By: Alvarado | H.B. No. 281 |
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relating to physical education credits required for high school | ||
graduation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require | ||
that: | ||
(1) except as provided by Subsection (b-2), the | ||
curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced high | ||
school programs under Subsection (a) include a requirement that | ||
students successfully complete: | ||
(A) four credits in each subject of the | ||
foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1), including at | ||
least one-half credit in government and at least one-half credit in | ||
economics to meet the social studies requirement; | ||
(B) for the recommended high school program, two | ||
credits in the same language in a language other than English under | ||
Section 28.002(a)(2)(A) and, for the advanced high school program, | ||
three credits in the same language in a language other than English | ||
under Section 28.002(a)(2)(A); and | ||
(C) for the recommended high school program, five | ||
and one-half [ |
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school program, four and one-half [ |
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(2) one or more credits offered in the required | ||
curriculum for the recommended and advanced high school programs | ||
include a research writing component; and | ||
(3) the curriculum requirements for the minimum, | ||
recommended, and advanced high school programs under Subsection (a) | ||
include a requirement that students successfully complete: | ||
(A) one credit in fine arts under Section | ||
28.002(a)(2)(D); and | ||
(B) one and one-half credits [ |
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physical education under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |