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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of individual graduation committees to satisfy |
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certain public high school graduation requirements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.104(b-2), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b-2) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to the |
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requirement to establish an individual graduation committee under |
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Section 28.0258. [This subsection expires September 1, 2017.] |
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SECTION 2. Section 28.025(c-6), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c-6) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a person may receive |
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a diploma if the person is eligible for a diploma under Section |
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28.0258. [This subsection expires September 1, 2017.] |
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SECTION 3. Section 28.0258(e), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(e) To be eligible to graduate and receive a high school |
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diploma under this section, a student must successfully complete |
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the curriculum requirements required for high school graduation: |
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(1) identified by the State Board of Education under |
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Section 28.025(a); or |
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(2) as otherwise provided by the transition plan |
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adopted by the commissioner to implement and administer the |
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amendments made by Chapter 211 (H.B. 5), Acts of the 83rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, replacing the minimum, |
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recommended, and advanced high school programs with the foundation |
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high school program [under Section 28.025(h)]. |
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SECTION 4. Section 39.025(a-2), Education Code, as added by |
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Chapter 5 (S.B. 149), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a student who has |
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failed to perform satisfactorily on end-of-course assessment |
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instruments in the manner provided under this section may receive a |
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high school diploma if the student has qualified for graduation |
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under Section 28.0258. [This subsection expires September 1,
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2017.] |
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SECTION 5. Section 39.025(a-3), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a-3) A student who, after retaking an end-of-course |
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assessment instrument for Algebra I or English II, has failed to |
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perform satisfactorily as required by Subsection (a), but who |
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receives a score of proficient on the Texas Success Initiative |
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(TSI) diagnostic assessment for the corresponding subject for which |
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the student failed to perform satisfactorily on the end-of-course |
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assessment instrument satisfies the requirement concerning the |
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Algebra I or English II end-of-course assessment, as applicable. |
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[This subsection expires September 1, 2017.] |
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SECTION 6. Sections 28.0258(l) and 28.0259(e), Education |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 7. 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, 2017. |