TITLE: Relating to the issuance of posthumous high school diplomas to certain students.

SUMMARY: Relating to the issuance of posthumous high school diplomas to certain students.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the issuance of posthumous high school diplomas to certain students. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 28.0254(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, but subject to Subsection (b), on request of the student's parent, a school district shall issue a high school diploma posthumously to each student who died while enrolled in the district [at grade level 12, provided that the student was academically on track at the time of death to receive a diploma] at the end of the school year in which the student was expected to graduate under the regular schedule of school attendance [in which the student died].The high school diploma may not be issued before the graduation date of the class in which the student was enrolled at the time of death [For purposes of this subsection, "school year" includes any summer session following the spring semester].SECTION 2. Section 28.0254(a), Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies beginning with students who would have graduated at the end of the 2019-2020 school year. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.