Bill Text: TX HB61 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to inclusion of a course on the United States Constitution in the curriculum requirements for public high school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-07 - Referred to Public Education [HB61 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB61-Introduced.html
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| By: Flynn | H.B. No. 61 | |
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| relating to inclusion of a course on the United States Constitution | ||
| in the curriculum requirements for public high school students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (c-2) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules | ||
| requiring students enrolled in grade level 12 to complete a course | ||
| on the United States Constitution as part of a district's social | ||
| studies curriculum. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 28.025(c-2), Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies beginning with students who enter the ninth grade | ||
| during the 2011-2012 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
