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High school seniors who have struggled to pass up to five required standardized tests can now petition to graduate, thanks to legislation that took effect Monday.
House Bill 999 allows a senior who failed any of the required State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exams to petition an individual graduation committee, showing alternative work deserving of graduation.
The legislation temporarily expands the petition option for current high school seniors because of learning difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic. Normally, only a high school senior who failed up to two of the five end-of-course tests but passed all classes and fulfilled other requirements could petition to graduate.
High school seniors who haven t passed the requisite standardized tests to graduate could have an easier time sidestepping that requirement under a bill still pending at the Legislature.
Under current rules, a high school senior who has failed up to two of five end-of-course State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness but has passed all classes and fulfilled other requirements can graduate as long as a committee made up of the student s teacher,
the lead instructor for the subject, principal and parents gives unanimous consent.
House Bill 999 would allow a student who failed as many as five
exams to petition a graduation committee. Each failed exam would require a separate petition.