82R2155 JRJ-D
By: Castro H.B. No. 1244
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to developmental education courses and the assessment of
student readiness under the Texas Success Initiative for public
institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.3062, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (f) and (i) and adding Subsections (i-2) and
(i-3) to read as follows:
(f) Each assessment instrument designated by the board for
use under this section must be diagnostic in nature and designed to
assess a student's readiness to perform freshman-level academic
coursework. The board shall prescribe standards for the assessment
instrument or instruments that reflect that student readiness. [An
institution of higher education may adopt more stringent assessment
standards with respect to student readiness.]
(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 offered as an online course or through the use of other
technology.
(i-2) An institution of higher education must base
developmental coursework on research-based best practices that
include the following components:
(1) assessment;
(2) differentiated placement and instruction;
(3) faculty development;
(4) support services; and
(5) evaluation.
(i-3) An institution of higher education must provide
professional development programs, including instruction in
differentiated instruction methods designed to address students'
diverse learning needs, to faculty and staff who provide
developmental coursework to students.
SECTION 2. Section 51.3062(e), Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies
beginning with the 2012-2013 academic year.
SECTION 4. 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, 2011.