Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1		86R2047 SRS-F
2		-	By: Huberty~~, et al.~~ H.B. No. 851
	2	+	By: Huberty H.B. No. 851
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5	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6		AN ACT
7	7		relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other
8	8		alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school
9	9		graduation requirements.
10	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11		SECTION 1. Sections 12.104(b-2) and (b-3), Education Code,
12	12		are amended to read as follows:
13	13		(b-2) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to the
14	14		requirement to establish an individual graduation committee under
15	15		Section 28.0258. [This subsection expires September 1, 2019.]
16	16		(b-3) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to the
17	17		graduation qualification procedure established by the commissioner
18	18		under Section 28.02541. [This subsection expires September 1,
19	19		2019.]
20	20		SECTION 2. Section 28.025(c-6), Education Code, is amended
21	21		to read as follows:
22	22		(c-6) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a person may receive
23	23		a diploma if the person is eligible for a diploma under Section
24	24		28.0258. [This subsection expires September 1, 2019.]
25	25		SECTION 3. Effective September 1, 2019, Section
26	26		28.02541(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
27	27		(a) This section applies only to a student who:
28	28		(1) entered the ninth grade before the 2011-2012
29	29		school year;
30	30		(2) successfully completed the curriculum
31	31		requirements for high school graduation applicable to the student
32	32		when the student entered the ninth grade;
33	33		(3) has not performed satisfactorily on an assessment
34	34		instrument or a part of an assessment instrument required for high
35	35		school graduation, including an alternate assessment instrument
36	36		offered under Section 39.025(c-2) [39.025(c-1)]; and
37	37		(4) has been administered the assessment instrument or
38	38		the part of the assessment instrument for which the student has not
39	39		performed satisfactorily at least three times.
40	40		SECTION 4. Section 28.02591(a), Education Code, is amended
41	41		to read as follows:
42	42		(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in
43	43		coordination with the agency, shall collect longitudinal data
44	44		relating to the post-graduation pursuits of each student who is
45	45		awarded a diploma based on the determination of an individual
46	46		graduation committee under Section 28.0258, [as that section
47	47		existed before September 1, 2019,] including whether the student:
48	48		(1) enters the workforce;
49	49		(2) enrolls in an associate degree or certificate
50	50		program at a public or private institution of higher education;
51	51		(3) enrolls in a bachelor's degree program at a public
52	52		or private institution of higher education; or
53	53		(4) enlists in the armed forces of the United States or
54	54		the Texas National Guard.
55	55		SECTION 5. Subsection (a-2), Section 39.025, Education
56	56		Code, as added by Chapter 5 (S.B. 149), Acts of the 84th
57	57		Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is redesignated as Subsection
58	58		(a-5), Section 39.025, Education Code, and amended to read as
59	59		follows:
60	60		(a-5) [(a-2)] Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a student who
61	61		has failed to perform satisfactorily on end-of-course assessment
62	62		instruments in the manner provided under this section may receive a
63	63		high school diploma if the student has qualified for graduation
64	64		under Section 28.0258. [This subsection expires September 1,
65	65		2019.]
66	66		SECTION 6. Section 39.025(a-3), Education Code, is amended
67	67		to read as follows:
68	68		(a-3) A student who, after retaking an end-of-course
69	69		assessment instrument for Algebra I or English II, has failed to
70	70		perform satisfactorily as required by Subsection (a), but who
71	71		receives a score of proficient on the Texas Success Initiative
72	72		(TSI) diagnostic assessment for the corresponding subject for which
73	73		the student failed to perform satisfactorily on the end-of-course
74	74		assessment instrument satisfies the requirement concerning the
75	75		Algebra I or English II end-of-course assessment, as applicable.
76	76		[This subsection expires September 1, 2019.]
77	77		SECTION 7. Sections 28.02541(g), 28.0258(l), and
78	78		28.0259(e), Education Code, are repealed.
79	79		SECTION 8. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
80	80		Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of
81	81		all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39,
82	82		Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the
83	83		vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the
84	84		91st day after the last day of the legislative session.