SECTION 74.30. Identification of Honors Courses

(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 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)";

(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;

(4) Mathematics: high school/college concurrent enrollment classes that are included in the "Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual (Approved Courses)" and Precalculus;

(5) Science: high school/college concurrent enrollment classes that are included in the "Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual (Approved Courses)"; 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)."

(b) Districts may identify additional honors courses in the subject areas of English language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, 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.

Source Note: The provisions of this §74.30 adopted to be effective September 1, 1996, 21 TexReg 4311; amended to be effective September 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 5675; amended to be effective June 23, 2008, 33 TexReg 4883; amended to be effective October 28, 2019, 44 TexReg 6368