Bill Text: TX HB2058 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of a high school equivalency examination.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2058 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2058-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2058 |
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relating to the administration of a high school equivalency | ||
examination. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 7.111, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The board shall provide for the administration of high | ||
school equivalency examinations [ |
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(a-1) A person who does not have a high school diploma may | ||
take the examination in accordance with rules adopted by the board | ||
if the person is: | ||
(1) over 17 years of age; | ||
(2) 16 years of age or older and: | ||
(A) is enrolled in a Job Corps training program | ||
under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Section 2801 | ||
et seq.), and its subsequent amendments; | ||
(B) a public agency providing supervision of the | ||
person or having custody of the person under a court order | ||
recommends that the person take the examination; or | ||
(C) is enrolled in the adjutant general's | ||
department's Seaborne ChalleNGe Corps; or | ||
(3) required to take the examination under a [ |
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(c) The board by rule shall develop and deliver high school | ||
equivalency examinations and provide for the administration of the | ||
examinations online. The rules must [ |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
school year. | ||
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, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2058 was passed by the House on April | ||
26, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2058 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
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Governor |