86R1500 SRS-F
 
  By: Bernal H.B. No. 165
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to providing for endorsements for public high school
  students enrolled in special education programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (c-7) and (c-8) to read as follows:
         (c-7)  Subject to Subsection (c-8), a student who is enrolled
  in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, may
  earn an endorsement on the student's transcript by:
               (1)  successfully completing, with or without
  modification of the curriculum:
                     (A)  the curriculum requirements identified by
  the State Board of Education under Subsection (a); and
                     (B)  the additional endorsement curriculum
  requirements prescribed by the State Board of Education under
  Subsection (c-2); and
               (2)  successfully completing all curriculum
  requirements for that endorsement adopted by the State Board of
  Education:
                     (A)  without modification of the curriculum; or
                     (B)  with modification of the curriculum,
  provided that the curriculum, as modified, is sufficiently rigorous
  as determined by the student's admission, review, and dismissal
  committee.
         (c-8)  For purposes of Subsection (c-7), the admission,
  review, and dismissal committee of a student in a special education
  program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, shall determine whether the
  student is required to achieve satisfactory performance on an
  end-of-course assessment instrument to earn an endorsement on the
  student's transcript.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2019.