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State law will standardize GPA calculation; Magnolia ISD pauses local class-rank changes
Summary
Magnolia ISD administrators told trustees that Senate Bill 1191 requires the Texas Education Agency to adopt a standardized method for calculating grade-point averages, removing local control over class-rank rules and pausing the district's planned switch to a 100-point, four-core weighted system.
Magnolia Independent School District officials told trustees they will not implement planned local changes to high school class-rank calculation after the state enacted Senate Bill 1191. Dr. Garza, the district officer who presented the update, said the law "requires the Texas commissioner of education to develop a standardized method of calculating grade point averages" and that "we do not have local control of the situation" on class rank. The…
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