S.B. No. 1191 AN ACT relating to the development of a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 28.0252(a) and (b), Education Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) The commissioner shall [may] develop a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average that provides for additional weight to be given to each honors course, advanced placement course, international baccalaureate course, OnRamps dual enrollment course, or dual credit course completed by a student. The method must provide for: (1) an equal amount of additional weight to be given to an advanced placement course, an international baccalaureate course, an OnRamps dual enrollment course, and a dual credit course not included in the Workforce Education Course Manual or its successor adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; and (2) the amount of additional weight to be given to a dual credit course described by Subdivision (1) to be different from the amount of additional weight to be given to a dual credit course included in the Workforce Education Course Manual or its successor adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (b) A [If the commissioner develops a standard method under this section, a] school district shall use the standard method developed by the commissioner under Subsection (a) to compute a student's high school grade point average. SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the commissioner of education shall develop a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average as required by Section 28.0252(a), Education Code, as amended by this Act. 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, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1191 passed the Senate on April 16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1191 passed the House, with amendment, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 6, one present not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor