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Board amends required secondary curriculum: adds CTE and advanced options as selectable science credits, directs staff to clarify formatting
Summary
The board revised 19 TAC §74.3 to clarify science‑credit options and to add engineering CTE courses (e.g., fluid mechanics and mechanics of materials) to the list of selectable advanced science credits districts may use to satisfy two additional required science credits.
The board revised the description of the required secondary curriculum (19 TAC §74.3) to make clear how districts satisfy high‑school science offerings. Under the adopted language, all districts must continue to make IPC (integrated physics and chemistry) or biology, chemistry and physics available, and districts must offer at least two additional advanced‑science options that are chosen from an approved list. The board took steps to make the rule read as a set of selectable options rather than a single, monolithic list that a district would be interpreted to have to offer in its entirety.
Key changes adopted in the meeting: the…
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