By: Bernal (Senate Sponsor - Powell) H.B. No. 165
(In the Senate - Received from the House March 27, 2019;
April 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 14, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 14, 2019, sent to printer.)
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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 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 all curriculum
requirements for that endorsement adopted by the State Board of
Education:
(A) without modification of the curriculum; or
(B) with modification of the curriculum,
provided that the curriculum, as modified, is sufficiently rigorous
as determined by the student's admission, review, and dismissal
committee.
(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 transcript.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
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, 2019.
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