AUSTIN - Graduation committees that allow seniors who failed required state tests to earn a diploma anyway could continue their work another two years under a bill approved by the Senate on Monday.The so-called individual graduation committees - which are made up of parents and educators - were created on a temporary basis last session allowing students who failed STAAR to finish high school such panels approved.The provision authorizing such committees was to expire this year. Sen. Kel Seliger, R- Amarillo, had sought to make the so-called IGCs permanent but amended his bill to extend them to 2019. Continue reading...
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