Bill Text: TX HB3344 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring fine arts as part of the foundation curriculum for public schools.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-23 - Left pending in committee [HB3344 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3344-Introduced.html
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By: Bucy | H.B. No. 3344 |
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relating to requiring fine arts as part of the foundation | ||
curriculum for public schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 28.002(a) and (n), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Each school district that offers kindergarten through | ||
grade 12 shall offer, as a required curriculum: | ||
(1) a foundation curriculum that includes: | ||
(A) English language arts; | ||
(B) mathematics; | ||
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(D) social studies, consisting of Texas, United | ||
States, and world history, government, economics, with emphasis on | ||
the free enterprise system and its benefits, and geography; and | ||
(E) fine arts; and | ||
(2) an enrichment curriculum that includes: | ||
(A) to the extent possible, languages other than | ||
English; | ||
(B) health, with emphasis on the importance of | ||
proper nutrition and exercise; | ||
(C) physical education; | ||
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Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and New Testament, and its impact | ||
on history and literature; and | ||
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(n) The State Board of Education may by rule develop and | ||
implement a plan designed to incorporate foundation curriculum | ||
requirements into the career and technology education curriculum | ||
under Subsection (a)(2)(D) [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 28.003(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) In this section, "educational program" means a course or | ||
series of courses in the required curriculum under Section 28.002, | ||
other than a fine arts course under Section 28.002(a)(1)(E) | ||
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SECTION 3. 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 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 any advanced mathematics course | ||
authorized under Subsection (b-2); | ||
(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 | ||
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(8) except as provided by Subsection (b-11), one | ||
credit in physical education under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C). | ||
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
school year. | ||
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, 2019. |