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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exemption from the assessment requirements of the |
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Texas Success Initiative for students who achieve certain scores on |
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certain high school equivalency examinations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.338, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) A student who has achieved a score set by the board in a |
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content area subject to the standards prescribed by the board under |
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Section 51.334(b) on a high school equivalency examination |
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administered under Section 7.111 is exempt from the requirements of |
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this subchapter with respect to that content area. A student may |
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receive an exemption under this subsection for English language |
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arts only if the high school equivalency examination administered |
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to the student assesses reading and writing in a single assessment |
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instrument. The commissioner of higher education by rule shall |
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establish the period for which an exemption under this subsection |
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is valid. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with the assessment of entering undergraduate students at |
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public institutions of higher education for the 2019 fall semester. |
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The assessment of an entering undergraduate student for an academic |
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term before that semester is governed by the law in effect before |
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the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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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. |