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House Bill 25 |
House Author: Delisi et al. |
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Effective: 5-27-05 |
Senate Sponsor: Van de Putte |
House Bill 25 amends provisions of the Education Code relating to transfer students in the public school system. The bill requires the Texas Education Agency to improve student record transfers and to develop and promote policies and practices that facilitate a military dependent's transition into a new school and assist the student in planning for postsecondary study. The Texas Education Agency must provide a progress report on its efforts to help military dependents to the presiding officers of certain standing legislative committees not later than January 1, 2006.
The bill requires a school district to admit an out of district student if the student's grandparent resides in the school district and provides substantial after‑school care for the student. The bill also requires a school district to furnish certain student records to the receiving district within a certain time period. The commissioner of education is required to adopt alternative nationally recognized assessment instruments of a certain rigor to be administered to a student to qualify for a high school diploma if the student enrolls, after January 1 of the year the student would graduate, in a Texas public school for the first time or after a four-year absence.