By: Shapleigh, West S.B. No. 669
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the availability of online testing for high school
equivalency examinations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.111, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) If the national entity that develops and delivers high
school equivalency examinations authorizes online testing, the
board by rule shall provide for administration of the examinations
online. The rules must provide a procedure for verifying the
identity of the person taking the examination.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.