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By: Bolton (Senate Sponsor - Shapleigh) |
H.B. No. 1563 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2007; |
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May 10, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Education; May 16, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; |
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May 16, 2007, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1563 |
By: Van de Putte |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of posthumous high school diplomas to |
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certain students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 28.0254 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.0254. POSTHUMOUS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA FOR CERTAIN |
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STUDENTS. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, |
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but subject to Subsection (b), on request of the student's parent, a |
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school district shall issue a high school diploma posthumously to |
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each student who died while enrolled in the district at grade level |
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12, provided that the student was academically on track at the time |
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of death to receive a diploma at the end of the school year in which |
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the student died. For purposes of this subsection, "school year" |
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includes any summer session following the spring semester. |
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(b) A school district is not required to issue a high school |
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diploma to a student described by Subsection (a) if the student at |
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any time before the student's death was convicted of a felony |
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offense under Title 5 or 6, Penal Code, or adjudicated as having |
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engaged in conduct constituting a felony offense under Title 5 or 6, |
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Penal Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 28.0254, Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with students enrolled at grade level |
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12 during the 2005-2006 school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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