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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exemption from certain end-of-course assessment |
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instruments for a high school student earning college credit. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (o) to read as follows: |
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(o) Notwithstanding Subsection (c) or Section 39.025, a |
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student is exempt from the administration of an end-of-course |
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assessment instrument otherwise required under Subsection (c) or |
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Section 39.025 if the student receives college credit through a |
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program implemented under Section 28.009 for a course in the |
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subject area of the course for which the end-of-course assessment |
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instrument was adopted. This subsection does not prohibit a |
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student entitled to an exemption from electing to participate in |
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the administration of an assessment instrument, provided that the |
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student's performance on the assessment instrument in that |
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circumstance is considered in the same manner as performance is |
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considered for other students. The State Board of Education may |
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adopt rules necessary to implement this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.023(o), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with a student who earns college credit |
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during the 2010-2011 school 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, 2009. |