86R2047 SRS-F
By: Huberty, et al. H.B. No. 851
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other
alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school
graduation requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 12.104(b-2) and (b-3), Education Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(b-2) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to the
requirement to establish an individual graduation committee under
Section 28.0258. [This subsection expires September 1, 2019.]
(b-3) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to the
graduation qualification procedure established by the commissioner
under Section 28.02541. [This subsection expires September 1,
2019.]
SECTION 2. Section 28.025(c-6), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c-6) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a person may receive
a diploma if the person is eligible for a diploma under Section
28.0258. [This subsection expires September 1, 2019.]
SECTION 3. Effective September 1, 2019, Section
28.02541(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to a student who:
(1) entered the ninth grade before the 2011-2012
school year;
(2) successfully completed the curriculum
requirements for high school graduation applicable to the student
when the student entered the ninth grade;
(3) has not performed satisfactorily on an assessment
instrument or a part of an assessment instrument required for high
school graduation, including an alternate assessment instrument
offered under Section 39.025(c-2) [39.025(c-1)]; and
(4) has been administered the assessment instrument or
the part of the assessment instrument for which the student has not
performed satisfactorily at least three times.
SECTION 4. Section 28.02591(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in
coordination with the agency, shall collect longitudinal data
relating to the post-graduation pursuits of each student who is
awarded a diploma based on the determination of an individual
graduation committee under Section 28.0258, [as that section
existed before September 1, 2019,] including whether the student:
(1) enters the workforce;
(2) enrolls in an associate degree or certificate
program at a public or private institution of higher education;
(3) enrolls in a bachelor's degree program at a public
or private institution of higher education; or
(4) enlists in the armed forces of the United States or
the Texas National Guard.
SECTION 5. Subsection (a-2), Section 39.025, Education
Code, as added by Chapter 5 (S.B. 149), Acts of the 84th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is redesignated as Subsection
(a-5), Section 39.025, Education Code, and amended to read as
follows:
(a-5) [(a-2)] Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a student who
has failed to perform satisfactorily on end-of-course assessment
instruments in the manner provided under this section may receive a
high school diploma if the student has qualified for graduation
under Section 28.0258. [This subsection expires September 1,
2019.]
SECTION 6. Section 39.025(a-3), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a-3) A student who, after retaking an end-of-course
assessment instrument for Algebra I or English II, has failed to
perform satisfactorily as required by Subsection (a), but who
receives a score of proficient on the Texas Success Initiative
(TSI) diagnostic assessment for the corresponding subject for which
the student failed to perform satisfactorily on the end-of-course
assessment instrument satisfies the requirement concerning the
Algebra I or English II end-of-course assessment, as applicable.
[This subsection expires September 1, 2019.]
SECTION 7. Sections 28.02541(g), 28.0258(l), and
28.0259(e), Education Code, are repealed.
SECTION 8. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, 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 on the
91st day after the last day of the legislative session.