Tex. Educ. Code § 28.0252 · Subchapter B. ADVANCEMENT, PLACEMENT, CREDIT, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT RECORD
COMPUTATION OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADE POINT AVERAGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioner shall 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 school district shall use the standard method developed by the commissioner under Subsection (a) to compute a student's high school grade point average.
(c) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 293 (S.B. 111), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1369 (H.B. 3851), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895 (H.B. 3), Sec. 31, eff. June 19, 2009.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 802 (S.B. 1191), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.
Source of truth
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.28.htm
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