89R12048 MEW-D     By: A. Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 4428       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the approval of innovative courses by the State Board of   Education.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 28.015 to read as follows:          Sec. 28.015.  APPROVAL OF INNOVATIVE COURSES. The State   Board of Education shall place on the board's agenda and consider   for approval an innovative course for which a school district or   open-enrollment charter school has submitted to the board an   application for approval not later than the later of:                (1)  the end of the school year immediately following   the school year during which the course was piloted; or                (2)  the first anniversary of the date on which the   district or school submitted the application.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.