Bill Text: TX HB1603 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-7)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Effective immediately [HB1603 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1603-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Huberty, Spiller H.B. No. 1603
(Senate Sponsor - Seliger, et al.)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 13, 2021;
April 13, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 10, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 10, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other
alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school
graduation requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 12.104(b-2) and (b-3), Education Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(b-2) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to the
requirement to establish an individual graduation committee under
Section 28.0258. [This subsection expires September 1, 2023.]
(b-3) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to the
graduation qualification procedure established by the commissioner
under Section 28.02541. [This subsection expires September 1,
2023.]
SECTION 2. Section 28.025(c-6), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c-6) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a person may receive
a diploma if the person is eligible for a diploma under Section
28.0258. [This subsection expires September 1, 2023.]
SECTION 3. Section 28.02591(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in
coordination with the agency, shall collect longitudinal data
relating to the post-graduation pursuits of each student who is
awarded a diploma based on the determination of an individual
graduation committee under Section 28.0258, [as that section
existed before September 1, 2023,] including whether the student:
(1) enters the workforce;
(2) enrolls in an associate degree or certificate
program at a public or private institution of higher education;
(3) enrolls in a bachelor's degree program at a public
or private institution of higher education; or
(4) enlists in the armed forces of the United States or
the Texas National Guard.
SECTION 4. Sections 39.025(a-3) and (a-5), Education Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a-3) A student who, after retaking an end-of-course
assessment instrument for Algebra I or English II, has failed to
perform satisfactorily as required by Subsection (a), but who
receives a score of proficient on the Texas Success Initiative
(TSI) diagnostic assessment for the corresponding subject for which
the student failed to perform satisfactorily on the end-of-course
assessment instrument satisfies the requirement concerning the
Algebra I or English II end-of-course assessment, as applicable.
[This subsection expires September 1, 2023.]
(a-5) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a student who has
failed to perform satisfactorily on end-of-course assessment
instruments in the manner provided under this section may receive a
high school diploma if the student has qualified for graduation
under Section 28.0258. [This subsection expires September 1, 2023.]
SECTION 5. Sections 28.02541(g), 28.0258(l), and
28.0259(e), Education Code, are repealed.
SECTION 6. 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, 2021.
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