TITLE: Relating to inclusion of a course on the United States Constitution in the curriculum requirements for public high school students.

SUMMARY: Relating to inclusion of a course on the United States Constitution in the curriculum requirements for public high school students.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT 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.