| 1 | 1 | | 85R28003 PAM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bernal H.B. No. 194 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 194: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Deshotel C.S.H.B. No. 194 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to providing for endorsements for public high school |
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| 10 | 10 | | students enrolled in special education programs. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | adding Subsections (c-7) and (c-8) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (c-7) Subject to Subsection (c-8), a student who is enrolled |
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| 15 | 15 | | in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, may |
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| 16 | 16 | | earn an endorsement on the student's transcript by: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) successfully completing, with or without |
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| 18 | 18 | | modification of the curriculum, the curriculum requirements |
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| 19 | 19 | | identified by the State Board of Education under Subsection (a) for |
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| 20 | 20 | | the foundation high school program; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) successfully completing, without modification of |
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| 22 | 22 | | the curriculum, all additional curriculum requirements for that |
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| 23 | 23 | | endorsement required under Subsections (c-2)(1)(A)(ii), |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1)(B)(ii), and (1)(C) and developed by the State Board of |
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| 25 | 25 | | Education under Subsection (c-2)(2). |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c-8) For purposes of Subsection (c-7), the admission, |
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| 27 | 27 | | review, and dismissal committee of a student in a special education |
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| 28 | 28 | | program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, shall determine whether the |
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| 29 | 29 | | student is required to achieve satisfactory performance on an |
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| 30 | 30 | | end-of-course assessment instrument to earn an endorsement on the |
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| 31 | 31 | | student's transcript. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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| 33 | 33 | | school year. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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