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Senate Bill 463 |
Senate Author: Seliger et al. |
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Effective: See below |
House Sponsor: Huberty et al. |
Senate Bill 463 amends the Education Code to provide for the development of a procedure under which a public school may award a diploma to eligible students who entered ninth grade before the 2011-2012 school year based on the completion of alternative graduation requirements. The bill postpones the expiration of provisions regarding the use of individual graduation committees to satisfy graduation requirements. The bill requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in coordination with the Texas Education Agency, to collect certain data relating to the post-graduation pursuits of each student who is awarded a diploma based on the determination of an individual graduation committee and requires the coordinating board to provide a report to the legislature that includes a summary compilation of that data. The bill takes effect June 9, 2017, except that a provision removing a reference to a transition plan adopted by the commissioner of education regarding previously enacted curriculum changes takes effect September 1, 2018, and a prohibition against a school district administering certain assessment instruments required for graduation before previously enacted school accountability changes takes effect September 1, 2019.