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Amend the Eissler amendment to HB 2217 as follows:
(1) On page 7, between lines 28 and 29, insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION:
SECTION ____. Sections 28.0252(a), (b), and (c), Education
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A school district shall adopt a [The commissioner may
develop a standard] method of computing a student's high school
grade point average that provides for the [additional] weight [to
be] given to each dual credit course completed by a student to be
equal to the weight given to each comparable honors course,
advanced placement course, or international baccalaureate course[,
or dual credit course completed by a student].
(b) A [If the commissioner develops a standard method under
this section, a] school district shall use the [standard] method
adopted under Subsection (a) 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 class rank
and eligibility for automatic college admission under Section
51.803.
(c) The commissioner shall [may] adopt rules necessary to
implement this section.
(2) On page 26, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following
appropriately numbered SECTION:
SECTION ____. Section 28.0252(b-1), Education Code, is
repealed.
(3) On page 27, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following
appropriately numbered SECTION:
SECTION ____. As soon as practicable after the effective
date of this Act, each school district shall adopt a method of
computing a student's high school grade point average as required
by Section 28.0252(a), Education Code, as amended by this Act.
(4) Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.