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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to computation of a public high school student's grade |
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point 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
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to the extent of a conflict between that method and the method
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adopted under Section 51.807, 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 shall be used in determining the student's eligibility for
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university admission under Subchapter U, Chapter 51]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.807, Education Code, as amended by |
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Chapters 941 (H.B. 3826) and 1369 (H.B. 3851), Acts of the 80th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted and 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 Texas Higher Education
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Coordinating Board shall adopt rules establishing a standard method
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for computing a student's high school grade point average. The
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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 for each honors
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course, advanced placement course, international baccalaureate
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course, or dual credit course completed by the student as the board
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considers appropriate, taking into consideration the academic
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rigor of each course completed by the 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 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, after
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consulting with the Texas Education Agency, by rule shall establish
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standards for determining for purposes of this subchapter:
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[(1)
whether a private high school is accredited by a
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generally recognized accrediting organization; and
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[(2)
whether a person completed a high school
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curriculum that is equivalent in content and rigor to the
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curriculum requirements established under Section 28.025 for the
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recommended or advanced high school program.
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[(c)] 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.
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[(d)
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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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 admissions for the 2009 fall semester.
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This subsection expires January 1, 2010]. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with admissions to a general academic teaching |
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institution for the 2010-2011 academic year. Admissions for an |
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academic period preceding that academic year are covered by the law |
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in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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prior law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |