Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB3420 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R10485 CAS-F
2	2	By: Eissler H.B. No. 3420
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to computation of a public high school student's grade
8	8	point average.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 28.0252(b), Education Code, is amended
11	11	to read as follows:
12	12	(b) If the commissioner develops a standard method under
13	13	this section, a school district shall use the standard method to
14	14	compute a student's high school grade point average[, except that
15	15	to the extent of a conflict between that method and the method
16	16	adopted under Section 51.807, the student's grade point average
17	17	computed in accordance with the method established under Section
18	18	51.807 shall be used in determining the student's eligibility for
19	19	university admission under Subchapter U, Chapter 51].
20	20	SECTION 2. Section 51.807, Education Code, as amended by
21	21	Chapters 941 (H.B. 3826) and 1369 (H.B. 3851), Acts of the 80th
22	22	Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted and amended to
23	23	read as follows:
24	24	Sec. 51.807. RULEMAKING. [(a) To ensure a uniform standard
25	25	for admissions under this subchapter, the Texas Higher Education
26	26	Coordinating Board shall adopt rules establishing a standard method
27	27	for computing a student's high school grade point average. The
28	28	method established under this subsection:
29	29	[(1) must:
30	30	[(A) be based on a four-point scale; and
31	31	[(B) assign additional weight for each honors
32	32	course, advanced placement course, international baccalaureate
33	33	course, or dual credit course completed by the student as the board
34	34	considers appropriate, taking into consideration the academic
35	35	rigor of each course completed by the student; and
36	36	[(2) may result in a student having a grade point
37	37	average higher than 4.0 on a four-point scale as a result of the
38	38	assignment of additional weight for one or more courses completed
39	39	by a student under Subdivision (1)(B).
40	40	[(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, after
41	41	consulting with the Texas Education Agency, by rule shall establish
42	42	standards for determining for purposes of this subchapter:
43	43	[(1) whether a private high school is accredited by a
44	44	generally recognized accrediting organization; and
45	45	[(2) whether a person completed a high school
46	46	curriculum that is equivalent in content and rigor to the
47	47	curriculum requirements established under Section 28.025 for the
48	48	recommended or advanced high school program.
49	49	[(c)] The board may adopt [other] rules relating to the
50	50	operation of admissions programs under this subchapter[, including
51	51	rules relating to the identification of eligible students.
52	52	[(d) The standard method established under Subsection (a)
53	53	for computing a student's high school grade point average applies
54	54	to computing the grade point average of a student applying as a
55	55	first-time freshman for admission to a general academic teaching
56	56	institution beginning with admissions for the 2009 fall semester.
57	57	This subsection expires January 1, 2010].
58	58	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies
59	59	beginning with admissions to a general academic teaching
60	60	institution for the 2010-2011 academic year. Admissions for an
61	61	academic period preceding that academic year are covered by the law
62	62	in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the
63	63	prior law is continued in effect for that purpose.
64	64	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.