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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring State Board of Education approval to offer |
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advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses in |
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public high 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 28.0091 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.0091. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVAL REQUIRED TO |
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OFFER CERTAIN COLLEGE CREDIT COURSES. (a) Notwithstanding Section |
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28.009 or any other law, a school district may not offer an advanced |
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placement or international baccalaureate course unless the course |
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has been approved by the State Board of Education as a course that |
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sufficiently provides instruction in the essential knowledge and |
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skills appropriate to the subject and grade level of the course. |
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(b) The State Board of Education by rule shall establish |
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procedures for approving advanced placement and international |
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baccalaureate courses as provided by this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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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, 2015. |