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Amend CSSB 86 as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, at the end of amended Section
51.803, Education Code (page 1, between lines 60 and 61), insert the
following:
(e) An applicant who does not satisfy the requirements of
Subsection (a)(2) is considered to have satisfied those
requirements if the high school from which the student graduated
indicates on the student's transcript that the student was unable
to complete the appropriate curriculum solely because necessary
courses were unavailable to the student at the appropriate times in
the student's high school career as a result of course scheduling,
lack of enrollment capacity, or another cause not within the
student's control.
(2) Insert the following new SECTION, appropriately
numbered, and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION . Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (g) and (g-1) to read as follows:
(g) If a student, other than a student permitted to take
courses under the minimum high school program as provided by
Subsection (b), is unable to complete the recommended or advanced
high school program solely because necessary courses were
unavailable to the student at the appropriate times in the
student's high school career as a result of course scheduling, lack
of enrollment capacity, or another cause not within the student's
control, the school district shall indicate that fact on the
student's transcript form described by Subsection (e).
(g-1) Subsection (g) applies to students entering the ninth
grade in the 2003-2004 school year and thereafter. This subsection
expires January 1, 2004.