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.