Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 19	EDUCATION
PART 2	TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 74	CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
SUBCHAPTER B	GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
RULE §74.11	High School Graduation Requirements

(o) Each school district shall annually report to the TEA the names of cybersecurity courses approved by the board of trustees for credit and the institutions of higher education in which the district's students have enrolled as authorized by the TEC, §28.002(g-3). The TEA shall make available information provided under this subsection to other districts. If a district chooses, it may submit any locally developed course for approval under §74.27 of this title as an innovative course.

(p) A school district shall permit a student to comply with the curriculum requirements under the Foundation High School Program by successfully completing appropriate courses in the core curriculum of an institution of higher education (IHE). A student who has completed the core curriculum of an IHE in accordance with TEC, §61.822, as certified by the IHE in accordance with §4.28 of this title (relating to Core Curriculum):

(1) is considered to have earned an endorsement by successfully completing the appropriate courses for that endorsement;

(2) is considered to have earned a distinguished level of achievement under the Foundation High School Program; and

(3) is entitled to receive a high school diploma.

Source Note: The provisions of this §74.11 adopted to be effective July 8, 2014, 39 TexReg 5149; amended to be effective August 22, 2016, 41 TexReg 5039; amended to be effective August 27, 2018, 43 TexReg 4190; amended to be effective November 24, 2019, 44 TexReg 7050; amended to be effective August 1, 2020, 45 TexReg 4178; amended to be effective August 1, 2021, 46 TexReg 3874; amended to be effective August 1, 2022, 47 TexReg 4502