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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 80(R)

House Bill 1563

House Author:  Bolton

Effective:  6-15-07

Senate Sponsor:  Shapleigh


            House Bill 1563 amends the Education Code to require a school district, on a parental request, to issue a high school diploma posthumously to a student who died while enrolled in the district at grade level 12, provided that the student was academically on track at the time of death to receive a diploma at the end of the school year in which the student died.  This requirement applies beginning with students who were in 12th grade during the 2005-2006 school year.