(a) Students who were first enrolled in Grade 9 prior
to the 2011-2012 school year or enrolled in Grade 10 or above in the
2011-2012 school year must fulfill testing requirements for graduation
with the assessments required by Texas Education Code (TEC), §39.023(c),
as that section existed before amendment by Senate Bill (SB) 1031,
80th Texas Legislature, 2007. For purposes of this section, coursework
necessary to graduate means all the coursework required under the
student's graduation plan.
(b) With the exception of students who meet the criteria
described in subsection (c) of this section, students who were enrolled
as follows shall fulfill testing requirements for graduation with
the assessments as required by TEC, §39.023(c), as that section
existed before amendment by SB 1031, 80th Texas Legislature, 2007,
with the applicable performance standards established by the commissioner
of education and published on the Texas Education Agency (TEA) website:
(1) in Grade 9 or higher on January 1, 2001, regardless
of when they are scheduled to graduate; or
(2) in Grade 8 or lower on January 1, 2001, if they
were on an accelerated track and fulfilled all coursework necessary
to graduate by September 1, 2004.
(c) A student who entered Grade 11 in the 1989-1990
school year or an earlier school year shall fulfill testing requirements
for graduation with assessments as required by TEC, §39.023(c),
as that section existed before amendment by SB 1031, 80th Texas Legislature,
2007, under an applicable performance standard established by the
commissioner of education that corresponds to the performance standard
in effect for the exit-level Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum
Skills (TEAMS) when the student was first eligible to take the exit-level
TEAMS. Performance standards that apply to TEAMS students will be
published on the TEA website.
(d) A student fulfilling testing requirements under
subsection (b) of this section will be required to take only those
sections of the exit-level Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills
(TAKS) that correspond to the subject areas formerly assessed by the
exit-level Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) (reading, writing,
and mathematics) for which the student has not yet met the passing
standard.
(1) If a student has not yet met the passing standard
on TAAS reading, the student will be administered only the reading
multiple-choice items from the TAKS English language arts (ELA) test.
(2) If a student has not yet met the passing standard
on TAAS writing, the student will be administered only the writing
prompt and the revising and editing multiple-choice items from the
TAKS ELA test.
(e) A student fulfilling testing requirements under
subsection (c) of this section will be required to take only those
sections of the exit-level TAKS that correspond to the subject areas
formerly assessed by the exit-level TEAMS (reading and mathematics)
for which the student has not yet met the passing standard. If a student
has not yet met the passing standard on TAAS reading, the student
will be administered only the reading multiple-choice items from the
TAKS ELA test.
(f) Effective beginning with the 2017-2018 school year,
a student who has taken but failed to meet assessment graduation requirements
under this section may receive a Texas high school diploma if the
student has qualified to graduate in accordance with TEC, §28.02541.
A student may not graduate under TEC, §28.02541, if the student
did not take each assessment instrument or the part of the assessment
instrument for which the student has not performed satisfactorily
at least three times.
(g) Notwithstanding any of the requirements in subsections
(a)-(f) of this section, students who pass all of the required exit-level
TAKS tests or meet the alternate assessment requirements of Chapter
101, Subchapter DD, of this title (relating to Commissioner's Rules
Concerning Substitute Assessments for Graduation) have fulfilled their
testing requirements for graduation.
(h) Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, students
first enrolled in Grade 9 or lower must fulfill testing requirements
for graduation with the end-of-course assessment instruments, as specified
in TEC, §39.023(c), as amended by SB 1031, 80th Texas Legislature,
2007.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §101.3024 adopted to be effective May 29, 2012, 37 TexReg 3827; amended to be effective November 5, 2017, 42 TexReg 6144; amended to be effective October 15, 2019, 44 TexReg 5901; amended to be effective August 9, 2022, 47 TexReg 4675 |