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AN ACT
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relating to minimum scores required for students in certain school |
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districts to pass an examination for acceleration or for credit. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.023, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) This subsection applies only to a school district |
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surrounded by a school district described by Section 11.065(a). |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a school |
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district's board of trustees may establish a minimum required score |
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for each section of an examination for acceleration or an |
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examination for credit approved by the board under Subsection (a) |
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that is higher than the minimum required scores under Subsections |
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(b) and (c), respectively. A minimum required score established by |
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a board of trustees under this subsection: |
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(1) may be no greater than a score in the 90th |
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percentile; |
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(2) must be established before the beginning of a |
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school year for examinations to be administered in the school year; |
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and |
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(3) must apply for at least the entire school year. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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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, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 789 was passed by the House on April |
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20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 789 was passed by the Senate on May |
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19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |