Amend CSHB 6 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.

SECTION ____.  Section 28.0216, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 28.0216.  DISTRICT GRADING POLICY.  (a)  Before each school year, a [A] school district shall adopt a grading policy, including provisions for the assignment of grades on class assignments and examinations and the calculation of cumulative averages of grades[, before each school year]. A district grading policy:

(1)  must require a [classroom] teacher to assign a grade that reflects the student's relative mastery of the subject without employing grade inflation or misrepresenting a student's deserved grade [an assignment];

(2)  may not require a [classroom] teacher to assign a minimum grade [for an assignment] without regard to the student's quality of work; and

(3)  may allow a student a reasonable opportunity to make up or redo a class assignment or examination for which the student received a failing grade.

SECTION ____.  This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 school year.

SECTION ____.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2011.