81R7868 EAH-D
By: Isett H.B. No. 2545
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from certain end-of-course assessment
instruments for a high school student earning college credit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (o) to read as follows:
(o) Notwithstanding Subsection (c) or Section 39.025, a
student is exempt from the administration of an end-of-course
assessment instrument otherwise required under Subsection (c) or
Section 39.025 if the student receives college credit through a
program implemented under Section 28.009 for a course in the
subject area of the course for which the end-of-course assessment
instrument was adopted. This subsection does not prohibit a
student entitled to an exemption from electing to participate in
the administration of an assessment instrument, provided that the
student's performance on the assessment instrument in that
circumstance is considered in the same manner as performance is
considered for other students. The State Board of Education may
adopt rules necessary to implement this subsection.
SECTION 2. Section 39.023(o), Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies beginning with a student who earns college credit
during the 2010-2011 school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.