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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the computation of a student's high school grade point |
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average. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.0252(b), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) If the commissioner develops a standard method under |
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this section, a school district shall use the standard method to |
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compute a student's high school grade point average, except that to |
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the extent of a conflict between that method and the method adopted |
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under Section 51.807, [and] the student's grade point average |
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computed in accordance with the method established under Section |
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51.807 [that manner] shall be used in determining the student's |
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eligibility for university [automatic college] admission under |
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Subchapter U, Chapter 51 [Section 51.803]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.807, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.807. RULEMAKING. (a) To ensure a uniform standard |
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for admissions under this subchapter, the [The] Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules establishing a |
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standard method for computing a student's high school grade point |
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average. The method established under this subsection: |
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(1) must: |
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(A) be based on a four-point scale; and |
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(B) assign additional weight, as the board |
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considers appropriate, for each honors course, advanced placement |
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course, international baccalaureate course, or dual credit course |
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completed by a student; and |
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(2) may result in a student having a grade point |
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average higher than 4.0 on a four-point scale as a result of the |
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assignment of additional weight for one or more courses completed |
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by a student under Subdivision (1)(B). |
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(b) The board may adopt other rules relating to the |
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operation of admissions programs under this subchapter, including |
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rules relating to the identification of eligible students [and the
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reporting requirements of Section 51.806]. |
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(c) The standard method established under Subsection (a) |
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for computing a student's high school grade point average applies |
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only to computing the grade point average of a student applying as a |
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first-time freshman for admission to a general academic teaching |
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institution beginning with the 2009 fall semester. This subsection |
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expires January 1, 2010. |
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SECTION 3. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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shall adopt rules as required by Section 51.807, Education Code, as |
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soon as practicable after the effective date of 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. |