Bill Text: TX HB692 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to high school graduation requirements for a student who is unable to participate in physical activity due to disability or illness.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB692 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB692-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 692 | ||
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| relating to high school graduation requirements for a student who | ||
| is unable to participate in physical activity due to disability or | ||
| illness. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (b-1) and adding Subsection (b-11) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require | ||
| that: | ||
| (1) except as provided by Subsection (b-2), the | ||
| curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced high | ||
| school programs under Subsection (a) include a requirement that | ||
| students successfully complete: | ||
| (A) four credits in each subject of the | ||
| foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1), including at | ||
| least one-half credit in government and at least one-half credit in | ||
| economics to meet the social studies requirement; | ||
| (B) for the recommended high school program, two | ||
| credits in the same language in a language other than English under | ||
| Section 28.002(a)(2)(A) and, for the advanced high school program, | ||
| three credits in the same language in a language other than English | ||
| under Section 28.002(a)(2)(A); and | ||
| (C) for the recommended high school program, six | ||
| elective credits and, for the advanced high school program, five | ||
| elective credits; | ||
| (2) one or more credits offered in the required | ||
| curriculum for the recommended and advanced high school programs | ||
| include a research writing component; and | ||
| (3) the curriculum requirements for the minimum, | ||
| recommended, and advanced high school programs under Subsection (a) | ||
| include a requirement that students successfully complete: | ||
| (A) one credit in fine arts under Section | ||
| 28.002(a)(2)(D); and | ||
| (B) except as provided by Subsection (b-11), one | ||
| credit in physical education under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C). | ||
| (b-11) In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State | ||
| Board of Education shall allow a student who is unable to | ||
| participate in physical activity due to disability or illness to | ||
| substitute one credit in English language arts, mathematics, | ||
| science, or social studies or one academic elective credit for the | ||
| physical education credit required under Subsection (b-1)(3)(B). A | ||
| credit allowed to be substituted under this subsection may not also | ||
| be used by the student to satisfy a graduation requirement other | ||
| than completion of the physical education credit. The rules must | ||
| provide that the determination regarding a student's ability to | ||
| participate in physical activity will be made by: | ||
| (1) if the student receives special education services | ||
| under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's admission, review, | ||
| and dismissal committee; | ||
| (2) if the student does not receive special education | ||
| services under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, but is covered by Section | ||
| 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), the | ||
| committee established for the student under that Act; or | ||
| (3) if each of the committees described by | ||
| Subdivisions (1) and (2) is inapplicable, a committee established | ||
| by the school district of persons with appropriate knowledge | ||
| regarding the student. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 692 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 692 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
