bill requiring a standard high school GPA formula

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By: Harris Davila
H.B. No. 2321

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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, or

dual credit course completed by a student. The method must provide

for an equal amount of additional weight to be given to an advanced

placement course, an international baccalaureate course, and a dual

credit course.

(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.