82R5819 CAS-D
By: Lozano H.B. No. 2123
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of students to have costs of college
advanced placement tests or international baccalaureate
examinations paid under agreements between the commissioner of
education and the College Board and Educational Testing Service or
the International Baccalaureate Organization.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.053(h), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(h) The commissioner may enter into agreements with the
college board and the International Baccalaureate Organization to
pay for all examinations taken by eligible public school students.
An eligible student is a student [one] who:
(1) takes a college advanced placement or
international baccalaureate course at a public school or who is
recommended by the student's principal or teacher to take the test;
and
(2) demonstrates financial need as determined in
accordance with guidelines adopted by the board that are consistent
with the definition of financial need adopted by the college board
or the International Baccalaureate Organization.
SECTION 2. 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.