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Amend CSHB 2330 by adding the following appropriately
numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of
the bill appropriately:
SECTION___. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 28.0252 to read as follows:
Sec. 28.0252. COMPUTATION OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADE POINT
AVERAGE. (a) The commissioner may develop a standard method of
computing a student's high school grade point average that provides
for additional weight to be given to each honors course, advanced
placement course, international baccalaureate course, or dual
credit course described by Section 28.025(e)(2)(B) completed by a
student. The method must provide for advanced placement courses and
dual credit courses to be weighted equally.
(b) A school district may use the standard method developed
under this section to compute a student's high school grade point
average, and the student's grade point average computed in that
manner shall be used in determining the student's eligibility for
automatic college admission under Section 51.803.
(b-1) Subsection (b) applies only to students entering grade
nine during or after the 2007-2008 school year. This subsection
expires September 1, 2010.
(c) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement
this section.