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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of posthumous high school diplomas to |
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certain students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.0254(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, but |
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subject to Subsection (b), on request of the student's parent, a |
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school district shall issue a high school diploma posthumously to |
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each student who died while enrolled in the district [at grade level
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12, provided that the student was academically on track at the time
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of death to receive a diploma] at the end of the school year in which |
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the student was expected to graduate under the regular schedule of |
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school attendance [in which the student died]. The high school |
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diploma may not be issued before the graduation date of the class in |
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which the student was enrolled at the time of death [For purposes
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of this subsection, "school year" includes any summer session
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following the spring semester]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 28.0254(a), Education Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies beginning with students who would have |
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graduated at the end of the 2019-2020 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. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 638 was passed by the House on March |
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27, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 638 was passed by the Senate on May |
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13, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |