81R10668 JRJ-D
By: Castro H.B. No. 3296
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to alternative developmental education courses under the
Texas Success Initiative for institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.3062(i), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(i) The institution of higher education may refer a student
to developmental coursework as considered necessary by the
institution to address a student's deficiencies in the student's
readiness to perform freshman-level academic coursework, except
that the institution may not require enrollment in developmental
coursework with respect to a student previously determined by any
institution of higher education to have met college-readiness
standards. If an institution of higher education requires a
student to enroll in developmental coursework, the institution must
offer the student the option of enrolling in developmental
coursework in an intensive or compressed format that allows the
student to enroll in developmental courses without substantially
conflicting with other coursework or the student's overall academic
progress.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies
beginning with the 2010-2011 academic 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.