By: Bernal, Guillen, Patterson H.B. No. 999
(Senate Sponsor - Menéndez, West)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 21, 2021;
May 4, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 24, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
May 24, 2021, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 999 By: Menéndez
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of individual graduation committees for certain
high school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.0258, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (a-1) and (h-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), this section applies
to any student in grade 12 during the 2020-2021 school year
regardless of whether the student meets the criteria described by
Subsection (a). The commissioner may by rule apply this section to
students in grade 12 during the 2021-2022 school year in the same
manner under this subsection, if the commissioner determines the
application of this section to those students is appropriate. This
subsection expires September 1, 2022.
(h-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (h), in determining
whether a student described by Subsection (a-1) is qualified to
graduate, an individual graduation committee is not required to
consider criteria under Subsection (h) relating to the student's
performance on an end-of-course assessment instrument administered
under Section 39.023. This subsection expires September 1, 2022.
SECTION 2. 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.
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