Texas Education Code § 28.002. Required Curriculum
(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, and geography; and
(2) an enrichment curriculum that includes:
(A) to the extent possible, languages other than English;
(B) health;
(C) physical education;
(D) fine arts;
(E) economics, with emphasis on the free enterprise system and its benefits;
(F) career and technology education; and
(G) technology applications.
(b) The State Board of Education by rule shall designate subjects constituting a well-balanced curriculum to be offered by a school district that does not offer kindergarten through grade 12.
(c) The State Board of Education, with the direct participation of educators, parents, business and industry representatives, and employers shall by rule identify the essential knowledge and skills of each subject of the foundation curriculum that all students should be able to demonstrate and that will be used in evaluating textbooks under Chapter 31 and addressed on the assessment instruments required under Subchapter B, Chapter 39. As a condition of accreditation, the board shall require each district to provide instruction in the essential knowledge and skills at appropriate grade levels.
(d) The State Board of Education, after consulting with educators, parents, business and industry representatives, and employers, shall by rule identify the essential knowledge and skills of each subject of the enrichment curriculum that all students should be able to demonstrate. Each district shall use the essential knowledge and skills identified by the board as guidelines in providing instruction in the enrichment curriculum.
(e) American Sign Language is a language for purposes of Subsection (a)(2)(A). A public school may offer an elective course in the language.
(f) A school district may offer courses for local credit in addition to those in the required curriculum. The State Board of Education shall be flexible in approving a course for credit for high school graduation under this subsection.
(g) A local instructional plan may draw on state curriculum frameworks and program standards as appropriate. Each district is encouraged to exceed minimum requirements of law and State Board of Education rule. Each district shall ensure that all children in the district participate actively in a balanced curriculum designed to meet individual needs.
(h) The State Board of Education and each school district shall foster the continuation of the tradition of teaching United States and Texas history and the free enterprise system in regular subject matter and in reading courses and in the adoption of textbooks. A primary purpose of the public school curriculum is to prepare thoughtful, active citizens who understand the importance of patriotism and can function productively in a free enterprise society with appreciation for the basic democratic values of our state and national heritage.
(i) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the implementation of this subchapter. Except as provided by Subsection (j), the board may not adopt rules that designate the methodology used by a teacher or the time spent by a teacher or a student on a particular task or subject.
(j) The State Board of Education by rule may require laboratory instruction in secondary science courses and may require a specific amount or percentage of time in a secondary science course that must be laboratory instruction.
(k) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Texas Department of Health and the Texas Diabetes Council, shall develop a diabetes education program that a school district may use in the health curriculum under Subsection (a)(2)(B).
Text of subsec. (l) as added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 907, § 1
(l) The State Board of Education, after consulting with educators, parents, and medical professionals, by rule may require a student enrolled in kindergarten or a grade level below grade seven in an elementary school setting to participate in daily physical activity as part of a school district's physical education curriculum or through structured activity during a school campus's daily recess, except that the board may not require more than 30 minutes of daily physical activity. If the board adopts rules under this subsection, the board must provide for an exemption for a student who is unable to participate in daily physical activity because of illness or disability.
Text of subsec. (l) as added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 925, § 3
(l) Section 2001.039, Government Code, as added by Chapter 1499, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, does not apply to a rule adopted by the State Board of Education under Subsection (c) or (d).
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1285, § 4.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 907, § 1, eff. June 14, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 925, § 3, eff. June 14, 2001.
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