High School Course Description Guide

Special Education

Course Options to Meet Graduation Requirements

  • Refer to the general education course descriptions for most courses.
  • Only courses without a general education counterpart will be described in this section.

Courses listed in the General Education (GE) Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) column are courses taught in the general education setting in which students are responsible for mastery of all the TEKS. If the course is End of Course (EOC) tested, students in these courses will be assessed with the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) EOC (STAAR) as determined by the ARD Committee.

If a student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) requires modifications to course content in order to access the TEKS, the student will automatically graduate on the Foundation High School Plan (FHSP).

Graduating on a FHSP will impact a student’s options for post-secondary education. The three options for courses with modified content are as follows:

  • The General Education (GE) Modified column denotes courses taught in the general education setting in which the student has a content related IEP. The IEP indicates modified content the student requires in order to access the course curriculum.
  • The Special Education (SE) Modified column denotes courses taught in the special education setting in which the student has a content related IEP. The IEP indicates modified content the student requires in order to access the course curriculum.
  • The Special Education (SE) Alternate column denotes courses taught in the special education setting in which the student has a content related IEP. The IEP indicates the student is accessing the course curriculum at the prerequisite skill level.