S.B. No. 776




AN ACT

relating to persons eligible to administer or take a high school 
equivalency examination.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 7.111, Education Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The board shall provide for the administration of high 
school equivalency examinations, including administration by the 
adjutant general's department for students described by 
Subdivision (2)(C).  A person who does not have a high school 
diploma may take the examination in accordance with rules adopted 
by the board if the person is:
		(1)  over 17 years of age;                                                    
		(2)  16 years of age or older and:                                            
			(A)  is enrolled in a Job Corps training program 
under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Section 2801 
et seq.), and its subsequent amendments; [or]
			(B)  a public agency providing supervision of the 
person or having custody of the person under a court order 
recommends that the person take the examination; or
			(C)  is enrolled in the adjutant general's 
department's Seaborne ChalleNGe Corps; or
		(3)  required to take the examination under a justice 
or municipal court order issued under Article 45.054(a)(1)(C), Code 
of Criminal Procedure.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006 
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, 2005.





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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 776 passed the Senate on 
March 31, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 776 passed the House on 
May 25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, two 
present not voting.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor