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AN ACT
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relating to the public high school graduation credit requirements |
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for a language other than English. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-21) to read as follows: |
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(b-21) In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State |
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Board of Education shall adopt criteria to allow a student to comply |
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with the curriculum requirement for one credit under Subsection |
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(b-1)(5) by successfully completing a dual language immersion |
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program under Section 28.0051 at an elementary school. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 671 passed the Senate on |
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April 18, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 671 passed the House on |
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May 9, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 7, two present |
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not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |