| 1 | 1 | | By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 3447 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to a study of the effectiveness for junior college |
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| 7 | 7 | | students of the success initiative assessment and developmental |
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| 8 | 8 | | coursework requirements regarding student readiness for |
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| 9 | 9 | | college-level work. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 51.3062, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | adding Subsection (o-2) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (o-2) In connection with its evaluation under Subsection |
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| 14 | 14 | | (o), the board shall perform an analysis of the effectiveness of the |
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| 15 | 15 | | requirements of this section as applied to students enrolled in |
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| 16 | 16 | | public junior colleges. The analysis must examine the effects of |
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| 17 | 17 | | the requirements of this section on the progress and success of |
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| 18 | 18 | | students enrolled in the major types of junior college programs as |
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| 19 | 19 | | determined by the board, such as vocational, technical, or other |
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| 20 | 20 | | workforce training or certificate programs, associate degree |
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| 21 | 21 | | programs, and core curriculum academic programs. This analysis |
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| 22 | 22 | | shall consider all relevant demographic data and skill levels of |
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| 23 | 23 | | participating students. Based on the analysis, the board shall |
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| 24 | 24 | | make recommendations regarding developmental coursework and |
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| 25 | 25 | | assessments for different types of junior college programs, |
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| 26 | 26 | | including recommendations for legislation, and shall report its |
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| 27 | 27 | | findings and recommendations to each junior college district and |
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| 28 | 28 | | the legislature not later than November 1, 2010. This subsection |
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| 29 | 29 | | expires January 1, 2011. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 31 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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