Individual Graduation Committee

Advocate for the continuation of Individual Graduation Committees with authority to allow students to graduate when they have failed no more than two end-of-course exams, but successfully completed all required curriculum. 

Bills to Watch

SB 213 - Filed on December 4, 2018.
HB 677 - Filed on January 8, 2019.
HB 851 - Filed on January 16, 2019.

BACKGROUND

• Authorized in 2015, Individual Graduation Committees provide a structure through which a student who has successfully completed all course requirements for graduation from high school, but has failed no more than two end-of-course exams, may be considered for graduation by a committee.

• The Individual Graduation Committee is composed of the principal or principal’s designee; the teacher(s) of the course(s) for the end-of-course exam(s) on which the student failed to perform satisfactorily; the student’s school counselor; and the student’s parent.

• The student’s Individual Graduation Committee may require additional work of the student including additional remediation and, for the end-of-course exam or exams (up to two) on which the student failed to perform satisfactorily, the completion of a project related to the subject area of the course that demonstrates proficiency in the subject area or the preparation of a portfolio of work in the subject area of the course. The student may also be required to submit coursework previously completed.

• To qualify to graduate from high school by an Individual Graduation Committee, the student must complete and submit work assigned by the Committee, and the Committee’s vote must be unanimous.

• Texas PTA seeks to extend the Individual Graduation Committee system.

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