The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board adopts amendments to §4.54(a)(3) concerning exemption from the requirements of the Texas Success Initiative, without changes to the proposed text as published in the February 20, 2004, issue of the Texas Register (29 TexReg 1502). Specifically, the amendments exempt high school students who achieve certain standards on the Mathematics and the English/Language Arts sections of the exit-level Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills from the assessment required under this title for those corresponding sections.

There were no comments received regarding these amendments.

The amendments are adopted under the Texas Education Code, §51.3062, which gives the Coordinating Board the authority to adopt rules concerning the Success Initiative.