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AN ACT
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relating to the availability of online testing for high school |
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equivalency examinations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 7.111, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The board by rule shall develop and deliver high school |
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equivalency examinations and provide for the administration of the |
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examinations online. The rules must: |
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(1) provide a procedure for verifying the identity of |
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the person taking the examination; and |
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(2) prohibit a person under 18 years of age from taking |
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the examination online. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 |
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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, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1094 passed the Senate on |
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April 6, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2011, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1094 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, |
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Nays 0, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |