By: Kuempel H.B. No. 4434
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of certain programs to facilitate
early high school graduation and enrollment at public institutions
of higher education and to the repeal of the Early High School
Graduation Scholarship program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.0253, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 28.0253. TEXAS FIRST EARLY HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION
[PILOT] PROGRAM[: HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS FOR STUDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATE
EARLY READINESS FOR COLLEGE].
(a) In this section:
(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board.
(2) "Eligible institution" means an institution of
higher education as defined in Education Code ยง 61.003(8) that is
designated as a research university or emerging research university
under the coordinating board's accountability system.
[(b)-(d) no changes]
(e) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
issueshall permit a student to graduate with a Texas First high
school diploma to a student under the program if, using the
standards established under Subsection (c), the student
demonstrates mastery of and early readiness for college in each of
the subject areas described by that subsection and in a language
other than English, notwithstanding any other local or state
requirements.