Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB177 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R419 TSS-F
2	2	By: Seliger S.B. No. 177
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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, 2023.]
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	2023.]
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, 2023.]
25	25	SECTION 3. Section 28.02591(a), Education Code, is amended
26	26	to read as follows:
27	27	(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in
28	28	coordination with the agency, shall collect longitudinal data
29	29	relating to the post-graduation pursuits of each student who is
30	30	awarded a diploma based on the determination of an individual
31	31	graduation committee under Section 28.0258, [as that section
32	32	existed before September 1, 2023,] including whether the student:
33	33	(1) enters the workforce;
34	34	(2) enrolls in an associate degree or certificate
35	35	program at a public or private institution of higher education;
36	36	(3) enrolls in a bachelor's degree program at a public
37	37	or private institution of higher education; or
38	38	(4) enlists in the armed forces of the United States or
39	39	the Texas National Guard.
40	40	SECTION 4. Sections 39.025(a-3) and (a-5), Education Code,
41	41	are amended to read as follows:
42	42	(a-3) A student who, after retaking an end-of-course
43	43	assessment instrument for Algebra I or English II, has failed to
44	44	perform satisfactorily as required by Subsection (a), but who
45	45	receives a score of proficient on the Texas Success Initiative
46	46	(TSI) diagnostic assessment for the corresponding subject for which
47	47	the student failed to perform satisfactorily on the end-of-course
48	48	assessment instrument satisfies the requirement concerning the
49	49	Algebra I or English II end-of-course assessment, as applicable.
50	50	[This subsection expires September 1, 2023.]
51	51	(a-5) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a student who has
52	52	failed to perform satisfactorily on end-of-course assessment
53	53	instruments in the manner provided under this section may receive a
54	54	high school diploma if the student has qualified for graduation
55	55	under Section 28.0258. [This subsection expires September 1, 2023.]
56	56	SECTION 5. Sections 28.02541(g), 28.0258(l), and
57	57	28.0259(e), Education Code, are repealed.
58	58	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
59	59	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
60	60	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
61	61	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
62	62	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.