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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.
As it stands now, high school seniors will be the only students in the state facing the consequences of opting out of or failing the State of Texas Assessments and Academic Readiness (STAAR) exams this year.