82R21247 JRJ-D
By: Castro H.B. No. 1244
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1244:
By: Branch C.S.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 (a-1),
(i-2), (i-3), and (i-4) to read as follows:
(a-1) In this section, "program evaluation" means a
systematic method of collecting, analyzing, and using information
to answer questions about developmental education courses,
interventions, and policies, particularly about their
effectiveness and cost-efficiency.
(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 a single standard or set of
standards to effectively measure student readiness as demonstrated
by current research for each [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. An institution of higher education that requires a
student to enroll in developmental coursework must offer a range of
developmental coursework or instructional support that includes
the integration of technology to efficiently address the particular
developmental needs of the student.
(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;
(5) program evaluation;
(6) integration of technology with an emphasis on
instructional support programs;
(7) non-course-based developmental education
interventions; and
(8) course pairing of developmental education courses
with credit-bearing courses.
(i-3) The board shall adopt rules for the implementation of
Subsection (i-2).
(i-4) 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.