| 1 | 1 | | 85R7071 PAM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lucio S.B. No. 531 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the use of individual graduation committee |
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| 8 | 8 | | determinations for certain public school accountability and high |
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| 9 | 9 | | school graduation purposes and to the use of other alternative |
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| 10 | 10 | | methods for certain high school graduation purposes. |
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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 12.104(b-2), Education Code, is amended |
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| 13 | 13 | | to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b-2) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to the |
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| 15 | 15 | | requirement to establish an individual graduation committee under |
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| 16 | 16 | | Section 28.0258. [This subsection expires September 1, 2017.] |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Section 28.025(c-6), Education Code, is amended |
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| 18 | 18 | | to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (c-6) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a person may receive |
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| 20 | 20 | | a diploma if the person is eligible for a diploma under Section |
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| 21 | 21 | | 28.0258. [This subsection expires September 1, 2017.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 3. Effective September 1, 2018, Section 28.0258(e), |
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| 23 | 23 | | Education Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (e) To be eligible to graduate and receive a high school |
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| 25 | 25 | | diploma under this section, a student must successfully complete |
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| 26 | 26 | | the curriculum requirements required for high school graduation[: |
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| 27 | 27 | | [(1)] identified by the State Board of Education under |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 28.025(a)[; or |
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| 29 | 29 | | [(2) as otherwise provided by the transition plan |
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| 30 | 30 | | adopted by the commissioner under Section 28.025(h)]. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 4. Section 39.025(a-2), Education Code, as added by |
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| 32 | 32 | | Chapter 5 (S.B. 149), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular |
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| 33 | 33 | | Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a student who has |
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| 35 | 35 | | failed to perform satisfactorily on end-of-course assessment |
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| 36 | 36 | | instruments in the manner provided under this section may receive a |
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| 37 | 37 | | high school diploma if the student has qualified for graduation |
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| 38 | 38 | | under Section 28.0258. [This subsection expires September 1, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2017.] |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 5. Section 39.025(a-3), Education Code, is amended |
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| 41 | 41 | | to read as follows: |
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| 42 | 42 | | (a-3) A student who, after retaking an end-of-course |
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| 43 | 43 | | assessment instrument for Algebra I or English II, has failed to |
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| 44 | 44 | | perform satisfactorily as required by Subsection (a), but who |
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| 45 | 45 | | receives a score of proficient on the Texas Success Initiative |
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| 46 | 46 | | (TSI) diagnostic assessment for the corresponding subject for which |
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| 47 | 47 | | the student failed to perform satisfactorily on the end-of-course |
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| 48 | 48 | | assessment instrument satisfies the requirement concerning the |
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| 49 | 49 | | Algebra I or English II end-of-course assessment, as applicable. |
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| 50 | 50 | | [This subsection expires September 1, 2017.] |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 6. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 52 | 52 | | adding Subsection (c-3) to read as follows: |
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| 53 | 53 | | (c-3) The commissioner by rule shall determine a method by |
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| 54 | 54 | | which the determination of an individual graduation committee |
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| 55 | 55 | | established under Section 28.0258 that a student is qualified to |
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| 56 | 56 | | graduate may be included as satisfactory performance on an |
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| 57 | 57 | | assessment instrument for purposes of Subsection (c)(1) in |
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| 58 | 58 | | determining the performance rating of a school district or campus |
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| 59 | 59 | | under Section 39.054. The commissioner shall use the method |
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| 60 | 60 | | determined under this subsection in determining the performance |
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| 61 | 61 | | rating of a school district or campus under Section 39.054, |
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| 62 | 62 | | provided that the commissioner obtains any necessary waiver from |
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| 63 | 63 | | the application of any conflicting federal law or regulation. For |
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| 64 | 64 | | purposes of using the method determined under this subsection, the |
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| 65 | 65 | | commissioner shall seek a waiver from the application of any |
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| 66 | 66 | | conflicting federal law or regulation as a result of the use of the |
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| 67 | 67 | | method in determining the performance rating of a school district |
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| 68 | 68 | | or campus under Section 39.054. |
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| 69 | 69 | | SECTION 7. Sections 28.0258(l) and 28.0259(e), Education |
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| 70 | 70 | | Code, are repealed. |
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| 71 | 71 | | SECTION 8. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this |
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| 72 | 72 | | Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of |
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| 73 | 73 | | all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, |
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| 74 | 74 | | Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the |
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| 75 | 75 | | vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the |
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| 76 | 76 | | 91st day after the last day of the legislative session. |
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