SR H.B. 836 75(R) BILL ANALYSIS PUBLIC EDUCATION H.B. 836 By: Gallego 4-21-97 Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND Current law allows any student who attends 90 percent of an extended year program to automatically advance to the next grade level at the beginning of the following school year, regardless of performance, unless a parent provides a written request to retain the student. However, the Education Code also requires that students be promoted only on the basis of academic achievement or demonstrated proficiency of the subject matter of the course or grade level. PURPOSE Current law allows any student who attends 90 percent of an extended year program to automatically advance to the next grade level at the beginning of the following school year, regardless of performance, unless a parent provides a written request to retain the student. However, the Education Code also requires that students be promoted only on the basis of academic achievement or demonstrated proficiency of the subject matter of the course or grade level. PURPOSE This bill provides that the criteria for promotion of students in the extended year program equal that of other students not enrolled in the program. HB 836 deletes the provision that provides for the automatic promotion of a student to the next grade level if the student attends at least 90 percent of the extended year program. The bill also deletes provisions that outline the procedures a school must follow when a parent requests that the student not be promoted to the next grade level. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1.Amends Section 29.082, Education Code, to delete the provision that allows for the promotion of a student to the next grade level if the student attends at least 90 percent of the extended year program. Provisions that outline procedures a school must follow when a parent requests the student not be promoted to the next grade level are also deleted. Redesignates existing Subsections (f) and (g). SECTION 2.Effective Date. SECTION 3.Emergency Clause.