Bill Text: TX HB728 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment by the State Board of Education of an advanced computer science program for high school students.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective immediately [HB728 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB728-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 728 | ||
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| relating to the establishment by the State Board of Education of an | ||
| advanced computer science program for high school students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 28.018 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 28.018. ADVANCED COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM. (a) The | ||
| State Board of Education by rule shall develop and implement a | ||
| program under which: | ||
| (1) students in participating school districts may | ||
| comply with the curriculum requirements for an advanced mathematics | ||
| credit under Section 28.025(b-1)(2) or an advanced science credit | ||
| under Section 28.025(b-1)(3) by successfully completing an | ||
| advanced computer science course; and | ||
| (2) participating school districts implement rigorous | ||
| standards, as developed by the State Board of Education, for | ||
| advanced computer science courses that are focused on the creation | ||
| and use of software and computing technologies. | ||
| (b) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| administer this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. The State Board of Education shall establish the | ||
| program under Section 28.018, Education Code, as added by this Act, | ||
| not later than September 1, 2018, for implementation during the | ||
| 2018-2019 school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 728 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 728 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 15, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
