Bill Text: TX HB728 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the establishment by the State Board of Education of an advanced computer science program for high school students.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective immediately [HB728 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB728-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment by the State Board of Education of an advanced computer science program for high school students.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective immediately [HB728 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB728-Comm_Sub.html
By: Guerra, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) | H.B. No. 728 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017; | ||
April 26, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Education; May 9, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 9, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the establishment by the State Board of Education of an | ||
advanced computer science program for high school students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 28.018 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.018. ADVANCED COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM. (a) The | ||
State Board of Education by rule shall develop and implement a | ||
program under which: | ||
(1) students in participating school districts may | ||
comply with the curriculum requirements for an advanced mathematics | ||
credit under Section 28.025(b-1)(2) or an advanced science credit | ||
under Section 28.025(b-1)(3) by successfully completing an | ||
advanced computer science course; and | ||
(2) participating school districts implement rigorous | ||
standards, as developed by the State Board of Education, for | ||
advanced computer science courses that are focused on the creation | ||
and use of software and computing technologies. | ||
(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
administer this section. | ||
SECTION 2. The State Board of Education shall establish the | ||
program under Section 28.018, Education Code, as added by this Act, | ||
not later than September 1, 2018, for implementation during the | ||
2018-2019 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 September 1, 2017. | ||
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