Bill Text: TX SB1094 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the availability of online testing for high school equivalency examinations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB1094 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB1094-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 1094

AN ACT
relating to the availability of online testing for high school
equivalency examinations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.111, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(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:
(1) provide a procedure for verifying the identity of
the person taking the examination; and
(2) prohibit a person under 18 years of age from taking
the examination online.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
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, 2011.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1094 passed the Senate on
April 6, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2011, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1094 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142,
Nays 0, one present not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor