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Senate Bill 1517 |
Senate Author: Janek |
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Effective: 6-15-07 |
House Sponsor: Hochberg |
The Education Code previously required a public school student to be suspended from participation in extracurricular activities after a grading period in which the student received a failing grade in any academic class other than an identified honors or advanced class, with the suspension continuing in effect pending a periodic review of the student's grades in each course, as applicable. Senate Bill 1517 amends the Education Code to specify that the suspension requirement does not apply to an advanced placement or international baccalaureate course, or to an honors or dual credit course in English language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, economics, or a language other than English. The bill requires the Texas Education Agency to review on a biennial basis courses exempted from the no pass/no play requirement to determine if other courses should be excluded from the requirement and to report its findings to the legislature not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year.