| 1 | 1 | | By: West S.B. No. 149 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Castro) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to rules adopted and reporting required under the school |
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| 8 | 8 | | district college credit program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 28.009, Education Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) The agency shall coordinate with the Texas Higher |
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| 13 | 13 | | Education Coordinating Board as necessary in administering this |
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| 14 | 14 | | section. The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary concerning |
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| 15 | 15 | | the duties under this section of a school district. The Texas |
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| 16 | 16 | | Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt rules as necessary |
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| 17 | 17 | | concerning the duties under this section of a public institution of |
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| 18 | 18 | | higher education. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Effective September 1, 2011, Subsection (c), |
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| 20 | 20 | | Section 28.009, Education Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (c) Each school district shall annually report to the |
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| 22 | 22 | | agency: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) the number of district students, including career |
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| 24 | 24 | | and technical students, who have participated in the program [and |
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| 25 | 25 | | earned college credit]; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) the [cumulative number of] courses in which |
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| 27 | 27 | | participating district students [have enrolled and college credit |
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| 28 | 28 | | hours the students] have earned high school credit under this |
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| 29 | 29 | | section. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. Effective September 1, 2013, Subsection (c), |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 28.009, Education Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) The commissioner and the Texas Higher Education |
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| 33 | 33 | | Coordinating Board shall share data as necessary to enable school |
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| 34 | 34 | | districts to comply with this subsection. Each school district |
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| 35 | 35 | | shall annually report to the agency: |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) the number of district students, including career |
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| 37 | 37 | | and technical students, who have participated in the program and |
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| 38 | 38 | | earned college credit; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) the cumulative number of courses in which |
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| 40 | 40 | | participating district students have enrolled and college credit |
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| 41 | 41 | | hours the students have earned. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 4. Effective September 1, 2013, Section 28.009, |
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| 43 | 43 | | Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as |
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| 44 | 44 | | follows: |
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| 45 | 45 | | (c-1) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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| 46 | 46 | | collect student course credit data from public institutions of |
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| 47 | 47 | | higher education as necessary for purposes of Subsection (c). |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 49 | 49 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 50 | 50 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 51 | 51 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 52 | 52 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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