Sec. 28.023. CREDIT BY EXAMINATION

(a) Using guidelines established by the State Board of Education, a school district shall develop or select for board review examinations for acceleration for each primary school grade level and for credit for secondary school academic subjects. The guidelines must provide for the examinations to thoroughly test comprehension of the information presented in the applicable grade level or subject. The board shall approve examinations that satisfy board guidelines.

(b) A school district shall give a student in a primary grade level credit for a grade level and advance the student one grade level on the basis of a board-approved examination for acceleration if:

(1) the student scores in the 90th percentile or above on each section of the examination;

(2) a district representative recommends that the student be advanced; and

(3) the student's parent or guardian gives written approval of the advancement.

(c) A school district shall give a student in grade level six or above credit for a subject on the basis of a board-approved examination for credit in the subject if the student scores in the 90th percentile or above on the examination. If a student is given credit in a subject on the basis of an examination, the district shall enter the examination score on the student's transcript.

(d) Each district shall administer each examination not less than once a year, at times to be determined by the State Board of Education.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.