TITLE 19. EDUCATION
PART 2. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 74. CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
SUBCHAPTER
B.
The State Board of Education (SBOE) adopts amendments to §74.12 and §74.13, concerning graduation requirements. The amendments are adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in the February 28, 2025 issue of the Texas Register (50 TexReg 1078) and will not be republished. The amendments reflect changes to a career and technical education (CTE) course to align with recently adopted CTE Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and update cross references.
REASONED JUSTIFICATION: At the April 2024 SBOE meeting, the SBOE approved for second reading and final adoption TEKS for a set of CTE courses in agriculture; aviation maintenance; and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with an effective date of August 1, 2025. The adopted amendments update the list of courses that can satisfy a science graduation requirement to reflect a CTE course that was retitled Physics for Engineering (formerly titled Principles of Technology) as a result of the 2024 CTE TEKS review.
The adopted amendments also update cross references to certain subchapters that are being reorganized.
The SBOE approved the amendments for first reading and filing authorization at its January 31, 2025 meeting and for second reading and final adoption at its April 11, 2025 meeting.
In accordance with Texas Education Code, §7.102(f), the SBOE approved the amendments for adoption by a vote of two-thirds of its members to specify an effective date earlier than the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year. The earlier effective date will allow districts of innovation that begin school prior to the statutorily required start date to implement the proposed rulemaking when they begin their school year. The effective date is August 1, 2025.
SUMMARY OF COMMENTS AND RESPONSES: The public comment period on the proposal began February 28, 2025, and ended at 5:00 p.m. on March 31, 2025. The SBOE also provided an opportunity for registered oral and written comments at its April 2025 meeting in accordance with the SBOE board operating policies and procedures. No public comments were received.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY. The amendments are adopted under Texas Education Code (TEC), §7.102(c)(4), which requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to establish curriculum and graduation requirements; TEC, §28.025(a), which requires the SBOE to determine by rule the curriculum requirements for the foundation high school program that are consistent with the required curriculum and requires the SBOE to designate specific courses that are required for the foundation high school program; TEC, §28.025(b-2)(2), which requires the SBOE to allow a student by rule to comply with the curriculum requirements for the third and fourth mathematics credits under TEC, §28.025(b-1)(2), or the third and fourth science credits under TEC, §28.025(b-1)(3), by successfully completing a career and technical education course designated by the SBOE as containing substantially similar and rigorous content; and TEC, §28.025(c-1), which requires the SBOE to adopt rules regarding earning an endorsement.
CROSS REFERENCE TO STATUTE. The amendments implement Texas Education Code, §7.102(c)(4) and §28.025(a), (b-2)(2), and (c-1).
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the adoption and found it to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on May 27, 2025.
TRD-202501856
Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez
Director, Rulemaking
Texas Education Agency
Effective date: August 1, 2025
Proposal publication date: February 28, 2025
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497