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1		-	By: Bell, Krause (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 181
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 13, 2015;
3		-	April 30, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Education; May 7, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 7, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to information printed by school districts on high school
12	6		diplomas.
13	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	8		SECTION 1. Sections 28.025(c-1), (c-5), and (e-1),
15	9		Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
16	10		(c-1) A student may earn an endorsement on the student's
17	11		[diploma and] transcript by successfully completing curriculum
18	12		requirements for that endorsement adopted by the State Board of
19	13		Education by rule. The State Board of Education by rule shall
20	14		provide students with multiple options for earning each
21	15		endorsement, including, to the greatest extent possible, coherent
22	16		sequences of courses. The State Board of Education by rule must
23	17		permit a student to enroll in courses under more than one
24	18		endorsement curriculum before the student's junior year. An
25	19		endorsement under this subsection may be earned in any of the
26	20		following categories:
27	21		(1) science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
28	22		(STEM), which includes courses directly related to science,
29	23		including environmental science, technology, including computer
30	24		science, engineering, and advanced mathematics;
31	25		(2) business and industry, which includes courses
32	26		directly related to database management, information technology,
33	27		communications, accounting, finance, marketing, graphic design,
34	28		architecture, construction, welding, logistics, automotive
35	29		technology, agricultural science, and heating, ventilation, and
36	30		air conditioning;
37	31		(3) public services, which includes courses directly
38	32		related to health sciences and occupations, education and training,
39	33		law enforcement, and culinary arts and hospitality;
40	34		(4) arts and humanities, which includes courses
41	35		directly related to political science, world languages, cultural
42	36		studies, English literature, history, and fine arts; and
43	37		(5) multidisciplinary studies, which allows a student
44	38		to:
45	39		(A) select courses from the curriculum of each
46	40		endorsement area described by Subdivisions (1) through (4); and
47	41		(B) earn credits in a variety of advanced courses
48	42		from multiple content areas sufficient to complete the
49	43		distinguished level of achievement under the foundation high school
50	44		program.
51	45		(c-5) A student may earn a performance acknowledgment on the
52	46		student's [diploma and] transcript by satisfying the requirements
53	47		for that acknowledgment adopted by the State Board of Education by
54	48		rule. An acknowledgment under this subsection may be earned:
55	49		(1) for outstanding performance:
56	50		(A) in a dual credit course;
57	51		(B) in bilingualism and biliteracy;
58	52		(C) on a college advanced placement test or
59	53		international baccalaureate examination; or
60	54		(D) on the PSAT, the ACT-Plan, the SAT, or the
61	55		ACT; or
62	56		(2) for earning a nationally or internationally
63	57		recognized business or industry certification or license.
64	58		(e-1) A school district shall clearly indicate a
65	59		distinguished level of achievement under the foundation high school
66	60		program as described by Subsection (b-15), an endorsement described
67	61		by Subsection (c-1), and a performance acknowledgment described by
68	62		Subsection (c-5) on the [diploma and] transcript of a student who
69	63		satisfies the applicable requirements. The State Board of Education
70	64		shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this subsection.
71	65		SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with a high school
72	66		diploma issued at the end of the 2014-2015 school year.
73	67		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
74	68		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
75	69		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
76	70		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
77	71		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	72	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	73	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	74	+	I certify that H.B. No. 181 was passed by the House on April
	75	+	9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	76	+	voting.
	77	+	______________________________
	78	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	79	+	I certify that H.B. No. 181 was passed by the Senate on May
	80	+	11, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	81	+	______________________________
	82	+	Secretary of the Senate
	83	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	84	+	Date
	85	+	_____________________
	86	+	Governor