Is that particularly common/exist at all in good Austin area schools? Or are you just generalising based on some Texas schools (genuinely curious as I have no idea myself)
My understanding is that the Texas state requirements used to be borderline insane, but that they have improved over time. Skimming http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter113/index.htm... , I actually found much less objectionable than I expected to.
