HB5 & ENDORSEMENTS

HOUSE BILL 5

Beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, a school district must ensure that each student, on entering ninth grade, indicates in writing an endorsement that the student intends to earn. A district must permit a student to choose, at any time, to earn an endorsement other than the endorsement the student previously indicated.

A student may graduate under the foundation high school program without earning an endorsement if, after the student’s sophomore year:

(1) the student and the student ’s parent or person standing in parental relation are advised by a school counselor of the specific benefits of graduating from high school with one or more endorsements; and

​(2) the student ’s parent or person standing in parental relation files with a school counselor written permission, on a form adopted by the agency, allowing the student to graduate under the foundation high school program without earning an endorsement

ENDORSEMENTS

Students entering 9th Grade must choose from one of the following endorsements

• STEM (Examples: Engineering, Computer Science)
• Business and Industry (Examples: Business, Finance, Accounting)
• Arts and Humanities (Examples: Literature, Art, Dance, Music)
• Public Services (Examples: Hotel Management, Psychology, Teaching, Health)
• Multidisciplinary Studies (Examples: Business, Sociology, Art)

Note: Availability of endorsements may vary for each campus.

To qualify as part of the top ten percent of their graduating class, students must successfully complete Algebra II.

School of Science and Technology Corpus Christi offers three endorsements following:

1- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)

• 9th Grade - Computer Science I
• 10th Grade - Computer Programming I
• 11th Grade - Computer Programming II
• 12th Grade - Internet-working technology I (CISCO)

2- Business & Industry​

• 9th Grade - Digital Media
• 10th Grade - Digital Video and Audio Design
• 11th Grade - Web Design
• 12th Grade - Web Game Development

3- Public Services

• 9th Grade - Principles of Biomedical Science
• 10th Grade - Human Body Systems
• 11th Grade - Medical Interventions
• 12th Grade - Biomedical Innovation