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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of high school diplomas to certain crime |
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victims. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 28.0254 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.0254. HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA FOR CERTAIN CRIME |
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VICTIMS. (a) This section applies only to a school district with |
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an enrollment at the beginning of the school year of more than |
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80,000 students. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, on |
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request of the student's parent, a school district shall issue a |
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high school diploma posthumously to each student who: |
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(1) attended high school in the district during the |
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2005-2006 school year at grade level 12; and |
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(2) was the victim of criminal homicide during that |
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school year. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2008. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |