{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-28.0252","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 28.0252","heading":"COMPUTATION OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADE POINT AVERAGE.","body":"(a) The commissioner shall 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, OnRamps dual enrollment course, or dual credit course completed by a student. The method must provide for:\n(1) an equal amount of additional weight to be given to an advanced placement course, an international baccalaureate course, an OnRamps dual enrollment course, and a dual credit course not included in the Workforce Education Course Manual or its successor adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; and\n(2) the amount of additional weight to be given to a dual credit course described by Subdivision (1) to be different from the amount of additional weight to be given to a dual credit course included in the Workforce Education Course Manual or its successor adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.\n(b) 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.\n(c) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 293 (S.B. 111), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1369 (H.B. 3851), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895 (H.B. 3), Sec. 31, eff. June 19, 2009.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 802 (S.B. 1191), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES","CHAPTER 28. COURSES OF STUDY; ADVANCEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B. ADVANCEMENT, PLACEMENT, CREDIT, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT RECORD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.28.htm#28.0252","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"1a7c8cb3ab2953b99e5c8e6bee8c8d0ff3b3dc7f11b467f11c6e155702590590","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-28.0251","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-28.0253"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}