85R1533 PAM-F     By: Metcalf H.B. No. 77       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the use of individual graduation committees to satisfy   certain public high school graduation requirements.          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.  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 to implement and administer the   amendments made by Chapter 211 (H.B. 5), Acts of the 83rd   Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, replacing the minimum,   recommended, and advanced high school programs with the foundation   high school program [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.  Sections 28.0258(l) and 28.0259(e), Education   Code, are repealed.          SECTION 7.  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.