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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the development of a standard method of computing a |
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student's high school grade point average. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 28.0252(a), (b), and (c), Education |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A school district shall adopt a [The commissioner may
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develop a standard] method of computing a student's high school |
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grade point average that provides for the [additional] weight [to
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be] given to each dual credit course completed by a student to be |
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equal to the weight given to each comparable honors course, |
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advanced placement course, or international baccalaureate course[,
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or dual credit course completed by a student]. |
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(b) A [If the commissioner develops a standard method under
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this section, a] school district shall use the [standard] method |
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adopted under Subsection (a) to compute a student's high school |
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grade point average, and the student's grade point average computed |
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in that manner shall be used in determining the student's class rank |
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and eligibility for automatic college admission under Section |
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51.803. |
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(c) The commissioner shall [may] adopt rules necessary to |
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implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 28.0252(b-1), Education Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, each school district shall adopt a method of computing |
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a student's high school grade point average as required by Section |
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28.0252(a), Education Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |