Bill Text: TX HB2694 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of credit by examination for public school students.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2694 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2694-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2694 |
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relating to the provision of credit by examination for public | ||
school students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 25.092, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: | ||
(a-2) Subsection (a) does not apply to a student who | ||
receives credit by examination for a class as provided by Section | ||
28.023. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 28.023, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.023. CREDIT BY EXAMINATION. (a) Using guidelines | ||
established by the State Board of Education, a school district | ||
shall develop or select for [ |
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trustees examinations for acceleration for each primary school | ||
grade level and for credit for secondary school academic subjects. | ||
The guidelines must provide for the examinations to thoroughly test | ||
comprehension of the information presented in the applicable grade | ||
level or subject. The board of trustees shall approve for each | ||
subject, to the extent available, at least four examinations that | ||
satisfy State Board of Education [ |
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examinations approved by the board of trustees must include: | ||
(1) advanced placement examinations developed by the | ||
College Board; and | ||
(2) examinations administered through the | ||
College-Level Examination Program. | ||
(b) A school district shall give a student in a primary | ||
grade level credit for a grade level and advance the student one | ||
grade level on the basis of an [ |
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acceleration approved by the board of trustees under Subsection (a) | ||
if: | ||
(1) the student scores in the 80th [ |
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or above on each section of the examination; | ||
(2) a district representative recommends that the | ||
student be advanced; and | ||
(3) the student's parent or guardian gives written | ||
approval of the advancement. | ||
(c) A school district shall give a student in grade level | ||
six or above credit for a subject on the basis of an [ |
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the board of trustees under Subsection (a) if the student scores in | ||
the 80th [ |
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student achieves a score as provided by Subsection (c-1). If a | ||
student is given credit in a subject on the basis of an examination, | ||
the district shall enter the examination score on the student's | ||
transcript and the student is not required to take an end-of-course | ||
assessment instrument adopted under Section 39.023(c) for that | ||
subject. | ||
(c-1) A school district shall give a student in grade level | ||
six or above credit for a subject if the student scores: | ||
(1) a three or higher on an advanced placement | ||
examination approved by the board of trustees under Subsection (a) | ||
and developed by the College Board; or | ||
(2) a scaled score of 60 or higher on an examination | ||
approved by the board of trustees under Subsection (a) and | ||
administered through the College-Level Examination Program. | ||
(d) Each district shall administer each examination | ||
approved by the board of trustees under Subsection (a) not fewer | ||
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by the State Board of Education. | ||
(e) Subsection (d) does not apply to an examination that has | ||
an administration date that is established by an entity other than | ||
the school district. | ||
(f) A student may not attempt more than two times to receive | ||
credit for a particular subject on the basis of an examination for | ||
credit in that subject. | ||
(g) If a student fails to achieve the designated score | ||
described by Subsection (c) or (c-1) on an applicable examination | ||
described by Subsection (c) or (c-1) for a subject before the | ||
beginning of the school year in which the student would ordinarily | ||
be required to enroll in a course in that subject in accordance with | ||
the school district's prescribed course sequence, the student must | ||
satisfactorily complete the course to receive credit for the | ||
course. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 4. 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. 2694 was passed by the House on May 7, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 5, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2694 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2694 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |