| (a) Beginning with students first enrolled in Grade
9 in the 2011-2012 school year, a student enrolled in a course for
which an end-of-course (EOC) assessment exists as required by the
Texas Education Code (TEC), §39.023(c), shall take the appropriate
assessment.
(b) A student is required to meet the EOC assessment
graduation requirements of §101.3022 of this title (relating
to Assessment Requirements for Graduation) to receive a Texas diploma
if a student:
(1) is participating in a distance-learning or correspondence
course as outlined in §74.23 of this title (relating to Correspondence
Courses and Distance Learning) for which there is an EOC assessment
as listed in the TEC, §39.023(c); or
(2) is participating in a dual-credit course as specified
in §74.25 of this title (relating to High School Credit for College
Courses) for which there is an EOC assessment as listed in the TEC, §39.023(c).
(c) An EOC assessment administered under the TEC, §39.023(c),
cannot be used for purposes of credit by examination as specified
in §74.24 of this title (relating to Credit by Examination).
(d) Beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, a student
in Grade 8 or lower who takes a high school course for credit is required
to take the applicable EOC assessment specified in the TEC, §39.023(c).
The EOC assessment result shall be applied toward the student's assessment
graduation requirements, as specified in §101.3022 of this title.
(e) If a student earned high school credit for a course
for which there is an EOC assessment as listed in the TEC, §39.023(c),
prior to enrollment in a Texas public school district and the credit
has been accepted by a Texas public school district, or a student
completed a course for Texas high school credit in a course for which
there is an EOC assessment prior to the 2011-2012 spring administration,
the student is not required to take the corresponding EOC assessment
as listed in the TEC, §39.023(c).
(f) A student may retake an EOC assessment under the
TEC, §39.023(c), only if the student previously failed the EOC
assessment. A student is not required to retake a course in order
to be administered a retest of an EOC assessment.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §101.3021 adopted to be effective May 29, 2012, 37 TexReg 3827; amended to be effective March 25, 2014, 39 TexReg 2077; amended to be effective December 10, 2015, 40 TexReg 8761 |
