Amend CSHB 1144 on third reading as follows:
      (1)  On page 1, line 26, insert a new SECTION 2 as follows,
and renumber subsequent subsections accordingly:
      SECTION 2.  Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      Sec. 28.025.  HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND CERTIFICATE; ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENT RECORD. (a)  The State Board of Education by rule shall
determine curriculum requirements for the minimum, recommended, and
advanced high school programs that are consistent with the required
curriculum under Section 28.002.
      (b)  A school district shall ensure that each student enrolls
in the courses necessary to complete the curriculum requirements
identified by the State Board of Education under Subsection (a) for
the recommended or advanced high school program unless the student,
the student's parent or other person standing in parental relation
to the student, and school counselor or school administrator agree
that the student should be permitted to take courses under the
minimum high school program.
      (c)  A student may graduate and receive a diploma only if:
            (1)  the student successfully completes the curriculum
requirements identified by the State Board of Education under
Subsection (a) <board> and complies with Section 39.025(a); or
            (2)  the student sucessfully completes an
individualized education program developed under Section 29.005.
      (d) <(b)>   A school district may issue a certificate of
coursework completion to a student who successfully completes the
curriculum requirements identified by the State Board of Education
under Subsection (a) but who fails to comply with Section 39.025(a)
<perform satisfactorily on the assessment instruments specified by
Subsection (a)>.  A school district may allow a student who
receives a certificate to participate in a graduation ceremony with
students receiving high school diplomas.
      (e) <(c)>  Each school district shall report the academic
achievement record of students who have completed a minimum,
recommended, or advanced high school program on transcript forms
adopted by the State Board of Education.  The transcript forms
adopted by the board must be designed to clearly differentiate
between each of the high school programs and identify whether a
student received a diploma or a certificate of course work
completion.
      (f)  Subsection (b) applies to students entering the ninth
grade in the 2004-2005 school year and thereafter.  This subsection
expires September 1, 2004.