Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	S.B. No. 213
	1	+	By: Seliger, et al. S.B. No. 213
	2	+	(Huberty)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other
6	8		alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school
7	9		graduation requirements.
8	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	11		SECTION 1. Sections 12.104(b-2) and (b-3), Education Code,
10	12		are amended to read as follows:
11	13		(b-2) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to the
12	14		requirement to establish an individual graduation committee under
13	15		Section 28.0258. This subsection expires September 1, 2023 [2019].
14	16		(b-3) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to the
15	17		graduation qualification procedure established by the commissioner
16	18		under Section 28.02541. This subsection expires September 1, 2023
17	19		[2019].
18	20		SECTION 2. Section 28.025(c-6), Education Code, is amended
19	21		to read as follows:
20	22		(c-6) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a person may receive
21	23		a diploma if the person is eligible for a diploma under Section
22	24		28.0258. This subsection expires September 1, 2023 [2019].
23	25		SECTION 3. Effective September 1, 2019, Section
24	26		28.02541(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
25	27		(a) This section applies only to a student who:
26	28		(1) entered the ninth grade before the 2011-2012
27	29		school year;
28	30		(2) successfully completed the curriculum
29	31		requirements for high school graduation applicable to the student
30	32		when the student entered the ninth grade;
31	33		(3) has not performed satisfactorily on an assessment
32	34		instrument or a part of an assessment instrument required for high
33	35		school graduation, including an alternate assessment instrument
34	36		offered under Section 39.025(c-2) [39.025(c-1)]; and
35	37		(4) has been administered the assessment instrument or
36	38		the part of the assessment instrument for which the student has not
37	39		performed satisfactorily at least three times.
38	40		SECTION 4. Section 28.02541(g), Education Code, is amended
39	41		to read as follows:
40	42		(g) This section expires September 1, 2023 [2019].
41	43		SECTION 5. Section 28.0258(l), Education Code, is amended
42	44		to read as follows:
43	45		(l) This section expires September 1, 2023 [2019].
44	46		SECTION 6. Section 28.0259(e), Education Code, is amended
45	47		to read as follows:
46	48		(e) This section expires September 1, 2023 [2019].
47	49		SECTION 7. Section 28.02591(a), Education Code, is amended
48	50		to read as follows:
49	51		(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in
50	52		coordination with the agency, shall collect longitudinal data
51	53		relating to the post-graduation pursuits of each student who is
52	54		awarded a diploma based on the determination of an individual
53	55		graduation committee under Section 28.0258, as that section existed
54	56		before September 1, 2023 [2019], including whether the student:
55	57		(1) enters the workforce;
56	58		(2) enrolls in an associate degree or certificate
57	59		program at a public or private institution of higher education;
58	60		(3) enrolls in a bachelor's degree program at a public
59	61		or private institution of higher education; or
60	62		(4) enlists in the armed forces of the United States or
61	63		the Texas National Guard.
62	64		SECTION 8. Subsection (a-2), Section 39.025, Education
63	65		Code, as added by Chapter 5 (S.B. 149), Acts of the 84th
64	66		Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is redesignated as Subsection
65	67		(a-5), Section 39.025, Education Code, and amended to read as
66	68		follows:
67	69		(a-5) [(a-2)] Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a student who
68	70		has failed to perform satisfactorily on end-of-course assessment
69	71		instruments in the manner provided under this section may receive a
70	72		high school diploma if the student has qualified for graduation
71	73		under Section 28.0258. This subsection expires September 1, 2023
72	74		[2019].
73	75		SECTION 9. Section 39.025(a-3), Education Code, is amended
74	76		to read as follows:
75	77		(a-3) A student who, after retaking an end-of-course
76	78		assessment instrument for Algebra I or English II, has failed to
77	79		perform satisfactorily as required by Subsection (a), but who
78	80		receives a score of proficient on the Texas Success Initiative
79	81		(TSI) diagnostic assessment for the corresponding subject for which
80	82		the student failed to perform satisfactorily on the end-of-course
81	83		assessment instrument satisfies the requirement concerning the
82	84		Algebra I or English II end-of-course assessment, as applicable.
83	85		This subsection expires September 1, 2023 [2019].
84	86		SECTION 10. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
85	87		Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of
86	88		all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39,
87	89		Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the
88	90		vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the
89	91		91st day after the last day of the legislative session.
90		-	______________________________ ______________________________
91		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
92		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 213 passed the Senate on
93		-	April 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
94		-	______________________________
95		-	Secretary of the Senate
96		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 213 passed the House on
97		-	April 25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, three
98		-	present not voting.
99		-	______________________________
100		-	Chief Clerk of the House
101		-	Approved:
102		-	______________________________
103		-	Date
104		-	______________________________
105		-	Governor