82R26802 VOO-D
By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 1094
(Strama)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1094: No.
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) The board by rule shall develop and deliver high school
equivalency examinations and provide for the administration of the
examinations online. The rules must:
(1) provide a procedure for verifying the identity of
the person taking the examination; and
(2) prohibit a person under 18 years of age from taking
the examination online.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
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, 2011.