Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 27.002. EXEMPTION FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS. (a) Notwithstanding other law: (1) a learning pod is exempt from any ordinance, rule, regulation, policy, or guideline adopted by a local governmental entity that applies to a school district campus or child-care facility,…

Sec. 28.001. PURPOSE. It is the intent of the legislature that the essential knowledge and skills developed by the State Board of Education under this subchapter shall require all students to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to read, write, compute, problem solve, t…

Sec. 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 Te…

Sec. 28.0021. PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY. (a) The Texas essential knowledge and skills and, as applicable, Section 28.025 shall include instruction in personal financial literacy, including instruction in methods of paying for college and other postsecondary education and traini…

Sec. 28.0022. CERTAIN INSTRUCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS. (a) For any course or subject, including an innovative course, for a grade level from kindergarten through grade 12: (1) a teacher may not be compelled to discuss a widely debated and currently controversial issue…

Sec. 28.0023. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR INSTRUCTION. (a) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1269, Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2013. (b) The State Board of Education by rule shall require instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and …

Sec. 28.0024. SCHOOL-BASED SAVINGS PROGRAM. (a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may establish a school-based savings program to facilitate increased awareness of the importance of saving for higher education and facilitate personal financial literacy instructi…

Sec. 28.0027. DISTRICT CURRICULUM SCOPE, SEQUENCE, AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL. (a) In adopting a recommended or designated scope and sequence or instructional materials for a subject in the required curriculum under Section 28.002(a) in a particular grade level, a school district…

Sec. 28.003. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ACCESS. (a) If the parents or guardians of at least 22 students at a school request a transfer for the same school year to another school in the district for the purpose of enrolling in an educational program offered at that school, beginning with…

Sec. 28.004. LOCAL SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL AND HEALTH EDUCATION INSTRUCTION. (a) The board of trustees of each school district shall establish a local school health advisory council to assist the district in ensuring that local community values are reflected in the distric…

Sec. 28.0043. RESTRICTION ON INSTRUCTION REGARDING SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY. (a) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or district or charter school employee may not provide or allow a third party to provide instruction, guidance, activities, or program…

Sec. 28.005. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION. (a) Except as provided by this section, English shall be the basic language of instruction in public schools. (b) It is the policy of this state to ensure the mastery of English by all students, except that bilingual instruction may be offere…

Sec. 28.0051. DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM. (a) A dual language immersion program should be designed to produce students with a demonstrated mastery, in both English and one other language, of the required curriculum under Section 28.002(a). (b) The commissioner by rule shall …

Sec. 28.006. KINDERGARTEN READING READINESS. (a) The commissioner shall develop recommendations for school districts for: (1) administering reading instruments to measure students' foundational literacy skills in reading development and comprehension; (2) training educators in ad…

Sec. 28.0062. READING STANDARDS FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE. (a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall: (1) provide for the use of a phonics curriculum that uses systematic direct instruction in kindergarten through third grade to ensure all stude…

Sec. 28.0063. EARLY LITERACY AND NUMERACY INSTRUMENTS. (a) The commissioner shall adopt a list of reading and mathematics instruments approved or developed by the commissioner for use by school districts in kindergarten through grade three to measure students' foundational litera…

Sec. 28.0064. EARLY LITERACY INTERVENTION FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS. (a) If a student's results on two consecutive reading instruments administered under Section 28.0063 indicate that the student is at risk, as determined by the agency, of not achieving satisfactory performance in fou…

Sec. 28.0065. ADAPTIVE VOCABULARY PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The agency shall develop and implement an adaptive vocabulary assessment pilot program to assess vocabulary development in students in kindergarten through third grade. (b) The agency may develop an assessment under the pilot p…

Sec. 28.0071. MATHEMATICS TRAINING FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE. (a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall ensure that: (1) not later than the 2030-2031 school year, each classroom teacher that provides instruction in mathematics to students in kin…

Sec. 28.008. ADVANCEMENT OF COLLEGE READINESS IN CURRICULUM. (a) To ensure that students are able to perform college-level course work at institutions of higher education, the commissioner of education and the commissioner of higher education shall establish vertical teams compos…

Sec. 28.009. COLLEGE CREDIT PROGRAM. (a) Each school district shall implement a program under which students may earn the equivalent of at least 12 semester credit hours of college credit in high school. On request, a public institution of higher education in this state shall ass…

Sec. 28.0095. FINANCIAL AID FOR SWIFT TRANSFER (FAST) PROGRAM. (a) In this section: (1) "Charter school" means a charter school operating under Chapter 12. (2) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (3) "Dual credit course" includes a course off…

Sec. 28.010. NOTIFICATION REGARDING COLLEGE CREDIT AND WORK-BASED EDUCATION PROGRAMS. (a) Each school year, a school district shall notify the parent of each district student enrolled in grade nine or above of: (1) the availability of: (A) programs in the district under which a s…

Sec. 28.011. ELECTIVE COURSES ON THE BIBLE'S HEBREW SCRIPTURES (OLD TESTAMENT) AND NEW TESTAMENT AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. (a) A school district may offer to students in grade six or above: (1) an elective course on the Hebrew Scriptu…

Sec. 28.0115. ELECTIVE COURSE ON NUTRITION AND WELLNESS. Each school district and open-enrollment charter school offering a high school program shall provide an elective course in nutrition and wellness that meets the requirements for a one-half elective credit under Section 28.0…

Sec. 28.012. INSTRUCTION ON INTERACTION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. (a) In this section: (1) "Board" means the State Board of Education. (2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. (3) "Driver training provider" has the meaning assigned by Section 1001.001. (b) The …

Sec. 28.013. NATURE SCIENCE CURRICULUM PROJECT. (a) The State Board of Education shall assist in developing a nature science curriculum, in accordance with this section, the following entities, acting jointly: (1) the Outdoor School at Texas Tech University Center at Junction; (2…

Sec. 28.014. COLLEGE PREPARATORY COURSES. (a) Each school district shall partner with at least one institution of higher education to develop and provide courses in college preparatory mathematics and English language arts. The courses must be designed: (1) for students at the 12…

Sec. 28.016. INSTRUCTION IN HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND CAREER PREPARATION. (a) Each school district shall provide instruction to students in grade seven or eight in preparing for high school, college, and a career. (b) The instruction must include information regarding: (1) the cr…

Sec. 28.017. INSTRUCTION ON PREVENTION OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND SEX TRAFFICKING. (a) The commissioner, in cooperation with the human trafficking prevention task force created under Section 402.035, Government Code, and any other persons the commissioner considers appropriate, shall de…

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 …

Sec. 28.020. MATHEMATICS INNOVATION ZONES. (a) The commissioner may: (1) on application of a school district or open-enrollment charter school, designate a campus of the district or school as a mathematics innovation zone; and (2) from funds appropriated or donated for purposes o…

Sec. 28.021. STUDENT ADVANCEMENT. (a) A student may be promoted only on the basis of academic achievement or demonstrated proficiency of the subject matter of the course or grade level. (b) In measuring the academic achievement or proficiency of a student who is dyslexic, the stu…

Sec. 28.0211. ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION; MODIFIED TEACHER ASSIGNMENT. (a) To ensure that each student achieves at least satisfactory performance on each assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023, a school district shall ensure that the district's curricular and instru…

Sec. 28.02111. FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPORTS. (a) The commissioner shall establish and administer a program designed to help improve student proficiency in reading by providing a grant in an amount provided under Section 48.317 through which the student's paren…

Sec. 28.0212. JUNIOR HIGH OR MIDDLE SCHOOL PERSONAL GRADUATION PLAN. (a) A principal of a junior high or middle school shall designate a school counselor, teacher, or other appropriate individual to develop and administer a personal graduation plan for each student enrolled in th…

Sec. 28.02121. HIGH SCHOOL PERSONAL GRADUATION PLAN. (a) The agency, in consultation with the Texas Workforce Commission and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, shall prepare and make available to each school district in English and Spanish information that explains th…

Sec. 28.02122. INCLUSION OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONS IN HEALTH SCIENCE CAREER INFORMATION. The agency shall ensure that any information provided to students relating to health science careers includes information regarding mental health professions. To the extent that the public…

Sec. 28.02123. NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) Not later than September 1 of each school year, a school district shall notify by regular mail or e-mail the parent of or other person standing in parental relation to each student enrolled in grade n…

Sec. 28.02124. PARENTAL OPTION FOR STUDENT RETENTION. (a) Subject to Subsection (c), a parent or guardian may elect for a student to: (1) repeat prekindergarten; (2) enroll in prekindergarten, if the student would have been eligible to enroll in prekindergarten during the previou…

Sec. 28.0213. INTENSIVE PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION. (a) A school district shall offer an intensive program of instruction to a student who: (1) does not perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39; or (2) is not likely to receive a h…

Sec. 28.0214. FINALITY OF GRADE. (a) An examination or course grade issued by a classroom teacher is final and may not be changed unless the grade is arbitrary, erroneous, or not consistent with the school district grading policy applicable to the grade, as determined by the boar…

Sec. 28.0216. DISTRICT GRADING POLICY. A school district shall adopt a grading policy, including provisions for the assignment of grades on class assignments and examinations, before each school year. A district grading policy: (1) must require a classroom teacher to assign a gra…

Sec. 28.022. NOTICE TO PARENT OF UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE; CONFERENCES. (a) The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy that: (1) provides for at least two opportunities for in-person conferences during each school year between each parent of a child enro…

Sec. 28.023. CREDIT BY EXAMINATION. (a) Using guidelines established by the State Board of Education, a school district shall develop or select for review by the district board of trustees examinations for acceleration for each primary school grade level and for credit for second…

Sec. 28.024. CREDIT FOR ENROLLMENT IN CERTAIN ACADEMIES. A school district shall grant to a student credit toward the academic course requirements for high school graduation, up to a maximum of two years of credit, for courses the student successfully completes at: (1) the Texas …