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TITLE 19	EDUCATION
PART 2	TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 101	ASSESSMENT
SUBCHAPTER DD	COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING ALTERNATIVE EXIT-LEVEL ASSESSMENTS
RULE §101.4003	Determining Eligibility

(a) A student is eligible to substitute an alternative exit-level assessment for a Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) exit-level assessment for purposes of this subchapter if the student after January 1 of the year in which the student would otherwise be eligible to graduate:

(1) enrolls in a public school in Texas for the first time; or

(2) enrolls in a public school in Texas after an absence of at least four years from any public school in this state. A student meets this requirement if he or she has not been enrolled for one or more days in a public school in Texas in the four years preceding the day on which the student enrolls in a Texas public school after January 1 of the year in which the student would otherwise be eligible to graduate.

(b) Each school district and charter school shall be responsible for verifying a student's eligibility for the alternative exit-level assessment.

Source Note: The provisions of this §101.4003 adopted to be effective April 3, 2006, 31 TexReg 2857