Relating to the development of a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average, the official text

S.B. No. 1191

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,

OnRamps dual enrollment course, or dual credit course completed by

a student. The method must provide for:

(1) an equal amount of additional weight to be given to

an advanced placement course, an international baccalaureate

course, an OnRamps dual enrollment course, and a dual credit course

not included in the Workforce Education Course Manual or its

successor adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;

and

(2) the amount of additional weight to be given to a

dual credit course described by Subdivision (1) to be different

from the amount of additional weight to be given to a dual credit

course included in the Workforce Education Course Manual or its

successor adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(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. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1191 passed the Senate on

April 16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that

the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2025, by the

following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1191 passed the House, with

amendment, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 130,

Nays 6, one present not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor