Bill Text: TX SB1702 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to course requirements for public high school students and a requirement to collect and report information regarding endorsements earned by public school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-26 - Referred to Education [SB1702 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1702-Introduced.html
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By: Blanco | S.B. No. 1702 |
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relating to course requirements for public high school students and | ||
a requirement to collect and report information regarding | ||
endorsements earned by public school students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28.002(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) The State Board of Education, with the direct | ||
participation of educators, parents, business and industry | ||
representatives, and employers shall by rule identify the essential | ||
knowledge and skills of each subject of the required curriculum | ||
that all students should be able to demonstrate and that will be | ||
used in evaluating instructional materials under Chapter 31 and | ||
addressed on the assessment instruments required under Subchapter | ||
B, Chapter 39. As a condition of accreditation, the board shall | ||
require each district to provide instruction in the essential | ||
knowledge and skills at appropriate grade levels and to require | ||
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complete an Algebra II course. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 28.025(b), (b-1), and (b-2), Education | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A school district shall ensure that each student, on | ||
entering ninth grade, indicates in writing an endorsement under | ||
Subsection (c-1) that the student intends to earn. A district shall | ||
permit a student to choose, at any time, to earn an endorsement | ||
other than the endorsement the student previously indicated. A | ||
student may graduate under the foundation high school program | ||
without earning an endorsement if, after the student's sophomore | ||
year: | ||
(1) the student and the student's parent or person | ||
standing in parental relation to the student are advised by a school | ||
counselor of the specific benefits of graduating from high school | ||
with one or more endorsements and are provided the information | ||
regarding those endorsements collected under Section 28.02561; and | ||
(2) the student's parent or person standing in | ||
parental relation to the student files with a school counselor | ||
written permission, on a form adopted by the agency, allowing the | ||
student to graduate under the foundation high school program | ||
without earning an endorsement. | ||
(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require | ||
that the curriculum requirements for the foundation high school | ||
program under Subsection (a) include a requirement that students | ||
successfully complete: | ||
(1) four credits in English language arts under | ||
Section 28.002(a)(1)(A), including one credit in English I, one | ||
credit in English II, one credit in English III, and one credit in | ||
an advanced English course authorized under Subsection (b-2); | ||
(2) three credits in mathematics under Section | ||
28.002(a)(1)(B), including one credit in Algebra I, one credit in | ||
geometry, and one credit in Algebra II [ |
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(3) three credits in science under Section | ||
28.002(a)(1)(C), including one credit in biology, one credit in any | ||
advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2), and one | ||
credit in integrated physics and chemistry or in an additional | ||
advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2); | ||
(4) three credits in social studies under Section | ||
28.002(a)(1)(D), including one credit in United States history, at | ||
least one-half credit in government and at least one-half credit in | ||
economics, and one credit in world geography or world history; | ||
(5) except as provided under Subsections (b-12), | ||
(b-13), and (b-14), two credits in the same language in a language | ||
other than English under Section 28.002(a)(2)(A); | ||
(6) five elective credits; | ||
(7) one credit in fine arts under Section | ||
28.002(a)(2)(D); and | ||
(8) except as provided by Subsection (b-11), one | ||
credit in physical education under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C). | ||
(b-2) In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State | ||
Board of Education shall: | ||
(1) provide for a student to comply with the | ||
curriculum requirements for an advanced English course under | ||
Subsection (b-1)(1), for an advanced mathematics course under | ||
Subsection (b-1)(2), and for any advanced science course under | ||
Subsection (b-1)(3) by successfully completing a course in the | ||
appropriate content area that has been approved as an advanced | ||
course by board rule or that is offered as an advanced course for | ||
credit without board approval as provided by Section 28.002(g-1); | ||
and | ||
(2) allow a student to comply with the curriculum | ||
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Subsection (b-1)(3) by successfully completing an advanced career | ||
and technical course designated by the State Board of Education as | ||
containing substantively similar and rigorous academic content. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 28.02561 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.02561. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION REGARDING | ||
ENDORSEMENTS. (a) The agency shall require each school district | ||
to collect and submit to the agency the following information | ||
regarding district graduates who earned an endorsement under | ||
Section 28.025(c-1): | ||
(1) the endorsement earned under that section; | ||
(2) whether the graduate enrolled in postsecondary | ||
education; | ||
(3) the graduate's college major or workforce | ||
certificate or credential; and | ||
(4) the graduate's employment status. | ||
(b) The information collected under Subsection (a) shall be | ||
disaggregated by endorsement category and provided to a student and | ||
the student's parent or person standing in parental relation to the | ||
student under Subsection 28.025(b). | ||
SECTION 4. (a) Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, applies only to students entering the ninth | ||
grade during the 2021-2022 school year or a later school year. For | ||
students entering a grade above ninth grade during the 2021-2022 | ||
school year, Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as that section | ||
existed before amendment by this Act, applies, and that section is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
(b) Section 28.025(b), Education Code, as amended by this | ||
Act, applies only to students entering the ninth grade during the | ||
2022-2023 school year or a later school year. For students entering | ||
a grade above ninth grade during the 2022-2023 school year, Section | ||
28.025(b), Education Code, as that section existed before amendment | ||
by this Act, applies, and that section is continued in effect for | ||
that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2021. |