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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing for endorsements for public high school |
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students enrolled in special education programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (c-7) and (c-8) to read as follows: |
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(c-7) Subject to Subsection (c-8), a student who is enrolled |
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in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, may |
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earn an endorsement on the student's transcript by: |
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(1) successfully completing, with or without |
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modification of the curriculum: |
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(A) the curriculum requirements identified by |
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the State Board of Education under Subsection (a); and |
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(B) the additional endorsement curriculum |
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requirements prescribed by the State Board of Education under |
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Subsection (c-2); and |
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(2) successfully completing all curriculum |
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requirements for that endorsement adopted by the State Board of |
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Education: |
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(A) without modification of the curriculum; or |
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(B) with modification of the curriculum, |
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provided that the curriculum, as modified, is sufficiently rigorous |
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as determined by the student's admission, review, and dismissal |
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committee. |
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(c-8) For purposes of Subsection (c-7), the admission, |
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review, and dismissal committee of a student in a special education |
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program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, shall determine whether the |
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student is required to achieve satisfactory performance on an |
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end-of-course assessment instrument to earn an endorsement on the |
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student's transcript. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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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, 2019. |