TITLE: Relating to the development of a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average.

SUMMARY: Relating to the development of a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the development of a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 28.0252(a) and (b), Education Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) The commissioner shall [may] develop a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average that provides for additional weight to be given to each honors course, advanced placement course, international baccalaureate course, or dual credit course completed by a student. The method must provide for an equal amount of additional weight to be given to an advanced placement course, an international baccalaureate course, and a dual credit course. (b) A [If the commissioner develops a standard method under this section, a] school district shall use the standard method developed by the commissioner under Subsection (a) to compute a student's high school grade point average. SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the commissioner of education shall develop a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average as required by Section 28.0252(a), Education Code, as amended by this Act. 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.