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| 1 | 1 | 82R26802 VOO-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 1094 | |
| 3 | 3 | (Strama) | |
| 4 | 4 | Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1094: No. | |
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| 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the availability of online testing for high school | |
| 10 | 10 | equivalency examinations. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 7.111, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 13 | 13 | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (c) The board by rule shall develop and deliver high school | |
| 15 | 15 | equivalency examinations and provide for the administration of the | |
| 16 | 16 | examinations online. The rules must: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) provide a procedure for verifying the identity of | |
| 18 | 18 | the person taking the examination; and | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) prohibit a person under 18 years of age from taking | |
| 20 | 20 | the examination online. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 | |
| 22 | 22 | school year. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |