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Texas High School Health Course Requirement Dropped
The state is dropping the only health course it required of Texas students from the curriculum beginning this fall.
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AUSTIN (July 7, 2009)--When school bells ring this fall, health will no longer be a state-required course for students in Texas.
In a recent letter to school districts, Education Commissioner Robert Scott said he has eliminated the requirement in high school, the only remaining health course required by the state.
The move has some worried that Texas students will miss out on such critical topics as alcohol awareness, sex education and basic nutrition.
While school districts can still require students to take health classes, Scott eliminated the course as a state requirement to comply with a new law that bumps up the number of mandated electives.
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And our schools drop further in their intellectual stimulation. Great.
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