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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to individual graduation committee qualification |
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requirements for certain students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.0258, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) and (h-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to an 11th or 12th grade |
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student who has failed to comply with the end-of-course assessment |
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instrument performance requirements under Section 39.025 for not |
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more than two courses. |
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(a-1) This section applies to all 12th grade students for |
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the 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 school years without the |
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performance requirements under Subsection (a). This subsection |
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expires September 1, 2023. |
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(h-1) For the 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 school |
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years, an individual graduation committee may determine that a |
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student is qualified to graduate without considering performance on |
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any end-of-course assessment instruments administered under |
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Section 39.023, Education Code. This subsection expires September |
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1, 2023. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2021. |