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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) and (b), Education Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commissioner shall [may] develop a standard method |
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of computing a student's high school grade point average that |
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provides for additional weight to be given to each honors course, |
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advanced placement course, international baccalaureate course, or |
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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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developed by the commissioner under Subsection (a) to compute a |
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student's high school grade point average, and the student's grade |
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point average computed in that manner shall be used in determining |
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the student's eligibility for automatic college admission under |
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Section 51.803. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the commissioner of education shall develop a standard |
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method of computing a student's high school grade point average as |
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required by Section 28.0252(a), Education Code, as amended by this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |