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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 and other |
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alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school |
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graduation requirements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 12.104(b-2) and (b-3), Education Code, |
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are amended 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, 2019.] |
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(b-3) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to the |
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graduation qualification procedure established by the commissioner |
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under Section 28.02541. [This subsection expires September 1,
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2019.] |
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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, 2019.] |
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SECTION 3. Effective September 1, 2019, Section |
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28.02541(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to a student who: |
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(1) entered the ninth grade before the 2011-2012 |
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school year; |
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(2) successfully completed the curriculum |
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requirements for high school graduation applicable to the student |
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when the student entered the ninth grade; |
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(3) has not performed satisfactorily on an assessment |
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instrument or a part of an assessment instrument required for high |
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school graduation, including an alternate assessment instrument |
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offered under Section 39.025(c-2) [39.025(c-1)]; and |
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(4) has been administered the assessment instrument or |
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the part of the assessment instrument for which the student has not |
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performed satisfactorily at least three times. |
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SECTION 4. Section 28.02591(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in |
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coordination with the agency, shall collect longitudinal data |
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relating to the post-graduation pursuits of each student who is |
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awarded a diploma based on the determination of an individual |
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graduation committee under Section 28.0258, [as that section
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existed before September 1, 2019,] including whether the student: |
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(1) enters the workforce; |
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(2) enrolls in an associate degree or certificate |
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program at a public or private institution of higher education; |
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(3) enrolls in a bachelor's degree program at a public |
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or private institution of higher education; or |
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(4) enlists in the armed forces of the United States or |
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the Texas National Guard. |
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SECTION 5. Subsection (a-2), Section 39.025, Education |
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Code, as added by Chapter 5 (S.B. 149), Acts of the 84th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is redesignated as Subsection |
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(a-5), Section 39.025, Education Code, and amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(a-5) [(a-2)] Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a student who |
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has 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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2019.] |
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SECTION 6. 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, 2019.] |
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SECTION 7. Sections 28.02541(g), 28.0258(l), and |
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28.0259(e), Education Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 8. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this |
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Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of |
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all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, |
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Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the |
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vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the |
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91st day after the last day of the legislative session. |