89R4888 MM-D
By: Harris Davila H.B. No. 2321
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the development of a standard method of computing a
student's high school grade point average.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 28.0252(a) and (b), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commissioner shall [may] develop a standard method
of computing a student's high school grade point average that
provides for additional weight to be given to each honors course,
advanced placement course, international baccalaureate course, or
dual credit course completed by a student. The method must provide
for an equal amount of additional weight to be given to an advanced
placement course, an international baccalaureate course, and a dual
credit course.
(b) A [If the commissioner develops a standard method under
this section, a] school district shall use the standard method
developed by the commissioner under Subsection (a) to compute a
student's high school grade point average.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the commissioner of education shall develop a standard
method of computing a student's high school grade point average as
required by Section 28.0252(a), Education Code, as amended by this
Act.
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, 2025.