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: (1) is participating in a distance-learning or correspondence course as outlined in § 74.23 of this title (relating to Correspondence Courses and Distance Learning) for which there is an EOC assessment as listed in the TEC, § 39.023(c); or(2) is participating in a dual-credit course as specified in § 74.25 of this title (relating to High School Credit for College Courses) for which there is an EOC assessment as listed in the TEC, § 39.023(c).(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.19 Tex. Admin. Code § 101.3021
The provisions of this §101.3021 adopted to be effective May 29, 2012, 37 TexReg 3827; amended to be effective March 25, 2014, 39 TexReg 2077; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 49, December 4, 2015, TexReg 8761, eff. 12/10/2015