19 Tex. Admin. Code § 21.52 - Eligibility for Texas First Diploma
(a)
Notwithstanding any other state or local law, a school district or
open-enrollment charter school shall allow a student to graduate and receive a
high school diploma under the Texas First Early High School Completion Program
if the student meets the criteria established in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
subsection. A student who achieves a required score on an assessment to meet
the requirement of any one of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, shall
be allowed to use that same assessment to meet the requirement of another
section if the student's score meets the required minimum for each section.
(1) The student has met the following minimum
criteria at the time of graduation:
(A)
Earned at least twenty-two (22) high school credits by any permissible method,
including credit by examination;
(B) Earned a final Grade Point Average
equivalent to 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
(C) Earned an overall scaled score in at
least the 80th percentile on one or more of the following assessments: ACT,
SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, TSIA/TSIA2, or GED, or alternatively, has a grade point
average in the top ten percent of the student's current class during the
current or semester prior to the counselor's or administrator's verification
under subsection (b) of this section of a student's eligibility for early
graduation under the Program; and
(D) Completed the requirement for the State
of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness End-of-Course (STAAR EOC)
examinations for English I or II, Algebra I, and Biology by one of the
following methods:
(i) If the student has
taken the STAAR EOC for English I or II, Algebra I, and Biology, the student
has achieved the satisfactory level of performance as defined by the
Commissioner of Education; or
(ii)
If the student has not taken the required STAAR EOC assessment for English I or
II, Algebra I, or Biology, the student has satisfied the STAAR EOC requirement
by achieving a passing score on a substitute assessment for that subject area
authorized under Title 19 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 101, Subchapter
DD, §101.4002(b).
(2) The student has demonstrated the
student's mastery of each subject area of English/Language Arts, Mathematics,
Science, Social Studies, and a language other than English through assessments
or other means eligible institutions commonly use to place students in courses
that may be credited toward degree program requirements. A student may
demonstrate mastery of each subject area, as applicable, by meeting one or more
of the following criteria:
(A) Earning a score
on the STAAR EOC assessment that meets the college readiness standards
necessary to be exempt from application of the Texas Success Initiative as set
out in Title 19 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 4, Subchapter C,
§4.54;
(B) Credit earned in a
course in the core curriculum of an institution of higher education in which
the student received at least a C; or
(C) Meeting the standards on the assessments
set out in Figure 1.
(b) A
counselor or administrator at the public school of a student who is eligible
for early graduation under the Program must verify that the student meets the
requirements in subsection (a)(1) and (2) of this section using a method
established by the Coordinating Board prior to issuing a diploma to the student
under this Program. A student is responsible for providing the official copy of
the assessment results to their counselor or administrator to verify these
requirements.
(c) A school that
issues a diploma under the Program shall require the minimum number of
assessments to demonstrate that the student meets the criteria established in
subsection (a)(1) and (2) of this section and may not require a student to take
any other STAAR End-of-Course assessment to graduate under the Program, except
as required by this section.
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