TITLE: Relating to requiring a health credit for high school graduation.

SUMMARY: Relating to requiring a health credit for high school graduation.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to requiring a health credit for high school graduation. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. 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: (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, 5-1/2 [six] elective credits and, for the advanced high school program, 4-1/2 [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);and (C) one-half credit in health under Section 28.002(a)(2)(B).SECTION 2. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to students entering the ninth grade during the 2013-2014 school year or a later school year. For students entering a grade above ninth grade during the 2013-2014 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 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.