Bill Text: TX SB531 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of individual graduation committee determinations for certain public school accountability and high school graduation purposes and to the use of other alternative methods for certain high school graduation purposes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-08 - Referred to Education [SB531 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB531-Introduced.html

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85R7071 PAM-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 531

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of individual graduation committee
determinations for certain public school accountability and high
school graduation purposes and to the use of other alternative
methods for certain high school graduation purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.104(b-2), Education Code, is 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, 2017.]
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, 2017.]
SECTION 3. Effective September 1, 2018, Section 28.0258(e),
Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(e) To be eligible to graduate and receive a high school
diploma under this section, a student must successfully complete
the curriculum requirements required for high school graduation[:
[(1)] identified by the State Board of Education under
Section 28.025(a)[; or
[(2) as otherwise provided by the transition plan
adopted by the commissioner under Section 28.025(h)].
SECTION 4. Section 39.025(a-2), Education Code, as added by
Chapter 5 (S.B. 149), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(a-2) 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,
2017.]
SECTION 5. Section 39.025(a-3), Education Code, is 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, 2017.]
SECTION 6. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-3) to read as follows:
(c-3) The commissioner by rule shall determine a method by
which the determination of an individual graduation committee
established under Section 28.0258 that a student is qualified to
graduate may be included as satisfactory performance on an
assessment instrument for purposes of Subsection (c)(1) in
determining the performance rating of a school district or campus
under Section 39.054. The commissioner shall use the method
determined under this subsection in determining the performance
rating of a school district or campus under Section 39.054,
provided that the commissioner obtains any necessary waiver from
the application of any conflicting federal law or regulation. For
purposes of using the method determined under this subsection, the
commissioner shall seek a waiver from the application of any
conflicting federal law or regulation as a result of the use of the
method in determining the performance rating of a school district
or campus under Section 39.054.
SECTION 7. Sections 28.0258(l) and 28.0259(e), Education
Code, are repealed.
SECTION 8. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, 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 on the
91st day after the last day of the legislative session.