Bill Text: TX HB618 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility for course credit and high school diplomas of students enrolled in educational programs provided by the Windham School District in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-05 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB618 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB618-Comm_Sub.html
| 84R4778 MK-D | ||
| By: White of Tyler, Huberty | H.B. No. 618 | |
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| relating to eligibility for course credit and high school diplomas | ||
| of students enrolled in educational programs provided by the | ||
| Windham School District in the Texas Department of Criminal | ||
| Justice. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 19, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 19.0043 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 19.0043. CREDIT FOR COMPLETION OF EDUCATIONAL | ||
| PROGRAMS; HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND CERTIFICATE. (a) A school | ||
| district shall grant credit to a student toward the academic, | ||
| career and technology, or other course requirements for high school | ||
| graduation for courses the student successfully completes in the | ||
| Windham School District educational programs, provided that the | ||
| completed courses meet the standards adopted under Section | ||
| 28.002(c). | ||
| (b) A student may graduate and receive a diploma from a | ||
| Windham School District educational program if: | ||
| (1) the student successfully completes the curriculum | ||
| requirements identified by the State Board of Education under | ||
| Section 28.025(a) and complies with Section 39.025; or | ||
| (2) the student successfully completes the curriculum | ||
| requirements under Section 28.025(a) as modified by an | ||
| individualized education program developed under Section 29.005. | ||
| (c) A Windham School District educational program may issue | ||
| a certificate of coursework completion to a student who | ||
| successfully completes the curriculum requirements identified by | ||
| the State Board of Education under Section 28.025(a) but who fails | ||
| to comply with Section 39.025. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2015. | ||
