85R9812 MM-F     By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 1531       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the sequencing of required English language arts   courses in schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 28.025(b-2), Education Code, as amended   by Chapter 211 (H.B. 5), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular   Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:          (b-2)  In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State   Board of Education shall provide for a student to comply with the   curriculum requirements for an advanced English course under   Subsection (b-1)(1) taken after successful completion of English I   and [,] English II, [and English III,] for an advanced mathematics   course under Subsection (b-1)(2) taken after the successful   completion of Algebra I and geometry, and for any advanced science   course under Subsection (b-1)(3) by successfully completing a   course in the appropriate content area that has been approved as an   advanced course by board rule or that is offered as an advanced   course for credit without board approval as provided by Section   28.002(g-1).          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018   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.