87R552 TSS-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 1304
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a public school student earning a performance
acknowledgment on the student's transcript.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.025(c-5), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c-5) A student may earn a performance acknowledgment on the
student's transcript by satisfying the requirements for that
acknowledgment adopted by the State Board of Education by rule. An
acknowledgment under this subsection may be earned:
(1) for outstanding performance:
(A) in a dual credit course;
(B) in bilingualism and biliteracy;
(C) on a college advanced placement test or
international baccalaureate examination;
(D) on an established, valid, reliable, and
nationally norm-referenced preliminary college preparation
assessment instrument used to measure a student's progress toward
readiness for college and the workplace; or
(E) on an established, valid, reliable, and
nationally norm-referenced assessment instrument used by colleges
and universities as part of their undergraduate admissions process;
[or]
(2) for earning a state recognized or nationally or
internationally recognized business or industry certification or
license; or
(3) for completing 10 projects demonstrating
workforce readiness while enrolled at a campus that is a member of
the New Tech Network.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
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, 2021.