By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 776
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to persons eligible to administer or take a high school
equivalency examination.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 7.111, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(a) The board shall provide for the administration of high
school equivalency examinations, including administration by the
adjutant general's department for students described by
Subdivision (2)(C). A person who does not have a high school
diploma may take the examination in accordance with rules adopted
by the board if the person is:
(1) over 17 years of age;
(2) 16 years of age or older and:
(A) is enrolled in a Job Corps training program
under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Section 2801
et seq.), and its subsequent amendments; [or]
(B) a public agency providing supervision of the
person or having custody of the person under a court order
recommends that the person take the examination; or
(C) is enrolled in the adjutant general's
department's Seaborne ChalleNGe Corps; or
(3) required to take the examination under a justice
or municipal court order issued under Article 45.054(a)(1)(C), Code
of Criminal Procedure.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.