(a)The following are identified as honors classes
as referred to in the Texas Education Code, §33.081(d)(1), concerning
extracurricular activities:
(1)all College Board Advanced Placement [
advanced placement] courses and International Baccalaureate
courses in all disciplines;
(2)English language arts: high school/college concurrent
enrollment classes that are included in the "Lower-Division Academic
Course Guide Manual (Approved Courses)" ["Community College
General Academic Course Guide Manual (Part One)"];
(3)Languages other than English: high school/college
concurrent enrollment classes that are included in the "Lower-Division
Academic Course Guide Manual (Approved Courses)"; American Sign
Language, Level IV; American Sign Language, Advanced Independent Study;
Level IV, Intermediate Mid to Intermediate High Proficiency; Level
V, Intermediate High to Advanced Mid Proficiency; Level VI, Advanced
Mid to Advanced High Proficiency; Level VII, Advanced High to Superior
Proficiency; Seminar in Languages Other Than English, Advanced; Classical
Languages, Level IV, Novice Mid to Advanced Mid Proficiency; Classical
Languages, Levels V-VII, Novice High to Superior Low Proficiency;
and Seminar in Classical Languages, Advanced ["Community
College General Academic Course Guide Manual (Part One)," and
languages other than English courses Levels IV-VII] ;
(4)Mathematics: high school/college concurrent enrollment
classes that are included in the "Lower-Division Academic
Course Guide Manual (Approved Courses)" ["Community
College General Academic Course Guide Manual (Part One)"]
and Precalculus;
(5)Science: high school/college concurrent enrollment
classes that are included in the "Lower-Division Academic
Course Guide Manual (Approved Courses)" ["Community
College General Academic Course Guide Manual (Part One)"]
; and
(6)Social studies: Social Studies Advanced Studies,
Economics Advanced Studies, and high school/college concurrent enrollment
classes that are included in the "Lower-Division Academic
Course Guide Manual (Approved Courses)." ["Community
College General Academic Course Guide Manual (Part One)."]
(b)Districts may identify additional honors courses
in the subject areas of English language arts, mathematics, science,
social studies, [economics,] or a language other than English
for the purpose of this section, but must identify such courses prior
to the semester in which any exemptions related to extracurricular
activities occur.
(c)Districts are neither required to nor restricted
from considering courses as honors for the purpose of grade point
average calculation.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has
reviewed
the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on July 22, 2019
TRD-201902321 Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez
Director, Rulemaking
Texas Education Agency
Earliest possible date of adoption: September 1, 2019
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497
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