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| 1 | 1 | 81R3238 CAS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: McReynolds H.B. No. 1154 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to participation in public high school graduation | |
| 8 | 8 | ceremonies by certain students with disabilities. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (d-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), a school district | |
| 13 | 13 | shall issue a certificate of coursework completion to a student to | |
| 14 | 14 | whom Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. | |
| 15 | 15 | Section 794) applies and who successfully completes the curriculum | |
| 16 | 16 | requirements identified by the State Board of Education under | |
| 17 | 17 | Subsection (a) but who fails to comply with Section 39.025. The | |
| 18 | 18 | district shall allow the student to participate in a graduation | |
| 19 | 19 | ceremony with students receiving high school diplomas. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 21 | 21 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 22 | 22 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |