Bill Text: TX HB45 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to ethnic studies instruction in public schools.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 52-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-09 - Left pending in committee [HB45 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB45-Introduced.html
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| By: Morales of Harris | H.B. No. 45 | |
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| relating to ethnic studies instruction in public schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 28.002(a), Education Code, is 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; | ||
| (C) science; and | ||
| (D) social studies, consisting of Texas, United | ||
| States, and world history, government, economics, with emphasis on | ||
| the free enterprise system and its benefits, [ |
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| ethnic studies, including Mexican American and African American | ||
| studies; and | ||
| (2) an enrichment curriculum that includes: | ||
| (A) to the extent possible, languages other than | ||
| English; | ||
| (B) health, with emphasis on: | ||
| (i) physical health, including the | ||
| importance of proper nutrition and exercise; | ||
| (ii) mental health, including instruction | ||
| about mental health conditions, substance abuse, skills to manage | ||
| emotions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, and | ||
| responsible decision-making; and | ||
| (iii) suicide prevention, including | ||
| recognizing suicide-related risk factors and warning signs; | ||
| (C) physical education; | ||
| (D) fine arts; | ||
| (E) career and technology education; | ||
| (F) technology applications; | ||
| (G) religious literature, including the Hebrew | ||
| Scriptures (Old Testament) and New Testament, and its impact on | ||
| history and literature; and | ||
| (H) personal financial literacy. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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 or personal financial literacy & economics, and one | ||
| credit in ethnic studies, including Mexican American studies or | ||
| African American studies, 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). | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as amended | ||
| by this Act, applies only to students entering the ninth grade | ||
| during the 2024-2025 school year or a later school year. For | ||
| students entering a grade above ninth grade during the 2024-2025 | ||
| 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. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2023. | ||
