| (ii) the committee established for the student under
Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 United States Code, §794)
if the student does not receive special education services under the
TEC, Chapter 29, Subchapter A, but is covered by the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973; or
(iii) a committee established by the school district
of persons with appropriate knowledge regarding the student if each
of the committees described by clauses (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph
is inapplicable. This committee shall follow the same procedures required
of an ARD or a Section 504 committee.
(7) Speech--one-half credit. The credit may be selected
from the following courses:
(A) Communication Applications; and
(B) Professional Communications.
(8) Fine arts--one credit. The credit may be selected
from the following courses:
(A) Art, Level I, II, III, or IV;
(B) Dance, Level I, II, III, or IV;
(C) Music, Level I, II, III, or IV;
(D) Theatre, Level I, II, III, or IV;
(E) Principles and Elements of Floral Design;
(F) Digital Art and Animation; and
(G) 3-D Modeling and Animation.
(c) Elective courses--four and one-half credits. The
credits may be selected from the list of courses specified in §74.71(h)
of this title (relating to High School Graduation Requirements). All
students who wish to complete the Distinguished Achievement High School
Program are encouraged to study each of the four foundation curriculum
areas (English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies)
every year in high school. A student may not combine a half credit
of a course for which there is an end-of-course assessment with another
elective credit course to satisfy an elective credit requirement.
(d) Advanced measures. A student also must achieve
any combination of four of the following advanced measures. Original
research/projects may not be used for more than two of the four advanced
measures. The measures must focus on demonstrated student performance
at the college or professional level. Student performance on advanced
measures must be assessed through an external review process. The
student may choose from the following options:
(1) original research/project that is:
(A) judged by a panel of professionals in the field
that is the focus of the project; or
(B) conducted under the direction of mentor(s) and
reported to an appropriate audience; and
(C) related to the required curriculum set forth in §74.1
of this title (relating to Essential Knowledge and Skills);
(2) test data showing a student has earned:
(A) a score of three or above on the College Board
advanced placement examination;
(B) a score of four or above on an International Baccalaureate
examination; or
(C) a score on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship
Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) that qualifies the student for recognition
as a commended scholar or higher by the College Board and National
Merit Scholarship Corporation, as part of the National Hispanic Recognition
Program (NHRP) of the College Board or as part of the National Achievement
Scholarship Program of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
The PSAT/NMSQT score shall count as only one advanced measure regardless
of the number of honors received by the student; or
(3) college academic courses, including those taken
for dual credit, and advanced technical credit courses, including
locally articulated courses, with a grade of 3.0 or higher.
(e) Substitutions. No substitutions are allowed in
the Distinguished Achievement High School Program, except as specified
in this chapter.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §74.74 adopted to be effective May 30, 2012, 37 TexReg 3808; amended to be effective August 25, 2013, 38 TexReg 5469; amended to be effective August 25, 2014, 39 TexReg 639; amended to be effective August 24, 2015, 40 TexReg 5329 |
