82R6398 KYF-D
By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 1092
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to creating a pilot project to reduce the need for
developmental education required for certain students entering
higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter M, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.417 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.417. COLLEGE READINESS PILOT PROJECT. (a) Not
later than January 1, 2012, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board shall establish a pilot project to provide funding and
support to institutions of higher education to develop programs for
early intervention to prepare high school students for academic
skills assessments used to determine a student's readiness to
enroll in freshman-level academic course work at an institution of
higher education.
(b) An institution of higher education shall apply to the
coordinating board to participate in the pilot project. The
coordinating board shall select not more than three institutions of
higher education to participate based on:
(1) the merit of the institution's proposed program;
(2) the number of students to be served by the program;
(3) the remediation or developmental needs of the
community served by the program; and
(4) other criteria as determined by the coordinating
board.
(c) The pilot project may be funded by appropriations, by
gifts, grants, and donations, and by any other funds the
coordinating board obtains, including federal funds, for the pilot
project.
(d) Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the
coordinating board shall report to the governor and to the chair of
each standing committee of each house of the legislature with
jurisdiction over education regarding:
(1) the effectiveness of programs funded under the
pilot project established by this section in minimizing the need
for developmental education; and
(2) recommendations regarding implementing similar
programs at other institutions of higher education.
(e) This section expires January 1, 2017.
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.