Bill Text: TX SB232 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to parental notification by a school district regarding high school graduation requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB232 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB232-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 232 |
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relating to parental notification by a school district regarding | ||
high school graduation requirements. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 28.02123 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.02123. NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN HIGH SCHOOL | ||
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) Not later than September 1 of each | ||
school year, a school district shall notify by regular mail or | ||
e-mail the parent of or other person standing in parental relation | ||
to each student enrolled in grade nine or above that the student is | ||
not required to complete an Algebra II course to graduate under the | ||
foundation high school program. | ||
(b) The notification must include information regarding the | ||
potential consequences to a student of not completing an Algebra II | ||
course, including the impact on eligibility for: | ||
(1) automatic college admission under Section 51.803; | ||
and | ||
(2) certain financial aid authorized under Title 3, | ||
including: | ||
(A) the TEXAS grant program under Subchapter M, | ||
Chapter 56; and | ||
(B) the Texas Educational Opportunity Grant | ||
Program under Subchapter P, Chapter 56. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
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, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 232 passed the Senate on | ||
May 3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 232 passed the House on | ||
May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 13, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |