| 1 | 1 | | By: Nelson, Patrick S.B. No. 132 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed November 27, 2012; January 29, 2013, |
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| 3 | 3 | | read first time and referred to Committee on Education; |
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| 4 | 4 | | March 12, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 12, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the contents and applicability of a school district's |
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| 11 | 11 | | grading policy. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 28.0216, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 14 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 28.0216. DISTRICT GRADING POLICY. (a) Before each |
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| 16 | 16 | | school year, a [A] school district shall adopt a grading policy, |
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| 17 | 17 | | including provisions for the assignment of grades on class |
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| 18 | 18 | | assignments and examinations and the calculation of cumulative |
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| 19 | 19 | | averages of grades[, before each school year]. A district grading |
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| 20 | 20 | | policy: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) must require a [classroom] teacher to assign a |
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| 22 | 22 | | grade that reflects the student's relative mastery of the subject |
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| 23 | 23 | | without employing grade inflation or misrepresenting a student's |
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| 24 | 24 | | deserved grade [an assignment]; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) may not require a [classroom] teacher to assign a |
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| 26 | 26 | | minimum grade [for an assignment] without regard to the student's |
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| 27 | 27 | | quality of work; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (3) may allow a student a reasonable opportunity to |
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| 29 | 29 | | make up or redo a class assignment or examination for which the |
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| 30 | 30 | | student received a failing grade. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) A district grading policy shall apply to the assignment |
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| 32 | 32 | | of a grade for which written notice is required under Section |
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| 33 | 33 | | 28.022(a)(2), in addition to any other grade assigned by the |
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| 34 | 34 | | district. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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| 36 | 36 | | school year. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 38 | 38 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 39 | 39 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 42 | 42 | | * * * * * |
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