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