81R10485 CAS-F
By: Eissler H.B. No. 3420
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to computation of a public high school student's grade
point average.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.0252(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) If the commissioner develops a standard method under
this section, a school district shall use the standard method to
compute a student's high school grade point average[, except that
to the extent of a conflict between that method and the method
adopted under Section 51.807, the student's grade point average
computed in accordance with the method established under Section
51.807 shall be used in determining the student's eligibility for
university admission under Subchapter U, Chapter 51].
SECTION 2. Section 51.807, Education Code, as amended by
Chapters 941 (H.B. 3826) and 1369 (H.B. 3851), Acts of the 80th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted and amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 51.807. RULEMAKING. [(a) To ensure a uniform standard
for admissions under this subchapter, the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board shall adopt rules establishing a standard method
for computing a student's high school grade point average. The
method established under this subsection:
[(1) must:
[(A) be based on a four-point scale; and
[(B) assign additional weight for each honors
course, advanced placement course, international baccalaureate
course, or dual credit course completed by the student as the board
considers appropriate, taking into consideration the academic
rigor of each course completed by the student; and
[(2) may result in a student having a grade point
average higher than 4.0 on a four-point scale as a result of the
assignment of additional weight for one or more courses completed
by a student under Subdivision (1)(B).
[(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, after
consulting with the Texas Education Agency, by rule shall establish
standards for determining for purposes of this subchapter:
[(1) whether a private high school is accredited by a
generally recognized accrediting organization; and
[(2) whether a person completed a high school
curriculum that is equivalent in content and rigor to the
curriculum requirements established under Section 28.025 for the
recommended or advanced high school program.
[(c)] The board may adopt [other] rules relating to the
operation of admissions programs under this subchapter[, including
rules relating to the identification of eligible students.
[(d) The standard method established under Subsection (a)
for computing a student's high school grade point average applies
to computing the grade point average of a student applying as a
first-time freshman for admission to a general academic teaching
institution beginning with admissions for the 2009 fall semester.
This subsection expires January 1, 2010].
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies
beginning with admissions to a general academic teaching
institution for the 2010-2011 academic year. Admissions for an
academic period preceding that academic year are covered by the law
in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the
prior law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.