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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to allowing a student receiving special education services |
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to participate in a graduation ceremony after the fourth year of |
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high school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) A school district shall issue a certificate of |
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attendance to a student who receives special education services |
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under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, and who has completed four years of |
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high school but has not completed the student's individualized |
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education program. A school district shall allow a student who |
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receives a certificate to participate in a graduation ceremony with |
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students receiving high school diplomas. A student may participate |
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in only one graduation ceremony under this subsection. This |
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subsection does not preclude a student from receiving a diploma |
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under Subsection (c)(2). |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (f), Section 28.025, Education Code, |
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as added by this Act, applies beginning with the 2006-2007 school |
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year. |
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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. |