| 1 | 1 | | 82R19139 CAE-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Murphy, Allen, Eissler, Patrick, Cook H.B. No. 1268 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1268: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Hochberg C.S.H.B. No. 1268 |
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| 5 | 5 | | |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the computation of public high school grade point |
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| 10 | 10 | | averages. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 28.0252, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), (a-3), |
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| 14 | 14 | | and (b-1) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) The commissioner may develop a standard method of |
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| 16 | 16 | | computing a student's high school grade point average that provides |
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| 17 | 17 | | for additional weight to be given to each honors course, advanced |
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| 18 | 18 | | placement course, international baccalaureate course, or dual |
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| 19 | 19 | | credit course completed by a student. Any standard method |
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| 20 | 20 | | developed under this subsection must be consistent with the |
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| 21 | 21 | | requirements of Subsection (a-1). |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a-1) A school district that computes a student's high |
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| 23 | 23 | | school grade point average in a manner that provides for additional |
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| 24 | 24 | | weight to be given to any of the following types of courses |
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| 25 | 25 | | completed by a student shall provide for the same weight to be given |
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| 26 | 26 | | to all of the following types of courses completed by a student: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) an honors course; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) an advanced placement course; or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (3) a dual credit course other than a physical |
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| 30 | 30 | | education course. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a-2) A school district may provide that additional weight |
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| 32 | 32 | | is given to a course other than the courses provided by Subsection |
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| 33 | 33 | | (a-1), except that a district may not provide additional weight for |
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| 34 | 34 | | a dual credit physical education course. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (a-3) A student's grade point average computed in the manner |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Subsection (a-1) and any additional weight determined |
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| 37 | 37 | | by the district as provided by Subsection (a-2) shall be used in |
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| 38 | 38 | | determining the student's eligibility for automatic college |
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| 39 | 39 | | admission under Sections 51.803 and 51.804. |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b-1) Subsection (a-1) applies only to students entering |
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| 41 | 41 | | grade nine during or after the 2011-2012 school year. This |
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| 42 | 42 | | subsection expires September 1, 2015. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. Section 51.807(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 44 | 44 | | read as follows: |
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| 45 | 45 | | (a) Except as provided by Section 28.0252(a-3), the [The] |
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| 46 | 46 | | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt rules relating |
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| 47 | 47 | | to the operation of admissions programs under this subchapter, |
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| 48 | 48 | | including rules relating to the identification of eligible |
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| 49 | 49 | | students. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 51 | 51 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 52 | 52 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 54 | 54 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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