84R12067 PAM-F
By: Bernal H.B. No. 3417
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing for endorsements for public high school
students enrolled in special education programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (c-7) and (c-8) to read as follows:
(c-7) Subject to Subsection (c-8), a student who is enrolled
in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, may
earn an endorsement on the student's diploma and transcript by:
(1) successfully completing, with or without
modification of the curriculum:
(A) the curriculum requirements identified by
the State Board of Education under Subsection (a); and
(B) the additional endorsement curriculum
requirements prescribed by the State Board of Education under
Subsection (c-2); and
(2) successfully completing, with or without
modification of the curriculum, all curriculum requirements for
that endorsement adopted by the State Board of Education if the
courses are part of a coherent sequence of coursework that lead to a
nationally or internationally recognized business or industry
certification or license.
(c-8) For purposes of Subsection (c-7), the admission,
review, and dismissal committee of a student in a special education
program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, shall determine whether the
student is required to achieve satisfactory performance on an
end-of-course assessment instrument to earn an endorsement on the
student's diploma and transcript.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
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, 2015.