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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the availability of online testing for high school |
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equivalency examinations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 7.111, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) If the national entity that develops and delivers high |
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school equivalency examinations authorizes online testing, the |
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board by rule shall provide for administration of the examinations |
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online. The rules must provide a procedure for verifying the |
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identity of the person taking the examination. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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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. |