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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the calculation by a school district of a high school |
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student's grade 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 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 51.807. RULEMAKING. (a) The Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board may adopt rules relating to the operation of |
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admissions programs under this subchapter, including rules |
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relating to the identification of eligible students. |
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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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SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |