Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
Chapter 101 - ASSESSMENT
Subchapter CC - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACADEMIC CONTENT AREAS TESTING PROGRAM
Division 2 - PARTICIPATION AND ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION
Section 101.3021 - Required Participation in Academic Content Area Assessments

(a) Beginning with students first enrolled in Grade 9 in the 2011-2012 school year, a student enrolled in a course for which an end-of-course (EOC) assessment exists as required by the Texas Education Code (TEC), §39.023(c), shall take the appropriate assessment.

(b) A student is required to meet the EOC assessment graduation requirements of § 101.3022 of this title (relating to Assessment Requirements for Graduation) to receive a Texas diploma if a student:

(c) An EOC assessment administered under the TEC, § 39.023(c), cannot be used for purposes of credit by examination as specified in § 74.24 of this title (relating to Credit by Examination).

(d) Beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, a student in Grade 8 or lower who takes a high school course for credit is required to take the applicable EOC assessment specified in the TEC, § 39.023(c). The EOC assessment result shall be applied toward the student's assessment graduation requirements, as specified in § 101.3022 of this title.

(e) If a student earned high school credit for a course for which there is an EOC assessment as listed in the TEC, § 39.023(c), prior to enrollment in a Texas public school district and the credit has been accepted by a Texas public school district, or a student completed a course for Texas high school credit in a course for which there is an EOC assessment prior to the 2011-2012 spring administration, the student is not required to take the corresponding EOC assessment as listed in the TEC, § 39.023(c).

(f) A student may retake an EOC assessment under the TEC, § 39.023(c), only if the student previously failed the EOC assessment. A student is not required to retake a course in order to be administered a retest of an EOC assessment.