| 1 | 1 | | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2058 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to individual graduation committee qualification |
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| 7 | 7 | | requirements for certain students. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 28.0258, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) and (h-1) to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) This section applies only to an 11th or 12th grade |
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| 13 | 13 | | student who has failed to comply with the end-of-course assessment |
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| 14 | 14 | | instrument performance requirements under Section 39.025 for not |
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| 15 | 15 | | more than two courses. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (a-1) This section applies to all 12th grade students for |
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| 17 | 17 | | the 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 school years without the |
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| 18 | 18 | | performance requirements under Subsection (a). This subsection |
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| 19 | 19 | | expires September 1, 2023. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (h-1) For the 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 school |
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| 21 | 21 | | years, an individual graduation committee may determine that a |
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| 22 | 22 | | student is qualified to graduate without considering performance on |
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| 23 | 23 | | any end-of-course assessment instruments administered under |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 39.023, Education Code. This subsection expires September |
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| 25 | 25 | | 1, 2023. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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