| 1 | 1 | | By: Shapiro S.B. No. 162 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Branch) |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 developing a developmental education plan for students |
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| 8 | 8 | | entering public institutions of higher education. |
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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. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 61.07611 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 61.07611. DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION PLAN; REPORT. |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) To serve students who require developmental education in an |
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| 14 | 14 | | effective and cost-effective manner, the board shall develop a |
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| 15 | 15 | | statewide plan for developmental education to be provided under |
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| 16 | 16 | | Section 51.3062 that: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) assigns primary responsibility for developmental |
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| 18 | 18 | | education to public junior colleges, public state colleges, and |
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| 19 | 19 | | public technical institutes; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) provides for using technology, to the greatest |
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| 21 | 21 | | extent practicable consistent with best practices, to provide |
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| 22 | 22 | | developmental education to students. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) In developing the developmental education plan, the |
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| 24 | 24 | | board shall: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) research relevant issues related to developmental |
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| 26 | 26 | | education; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) study and develop best practices for successful |
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| 28 | 28 | | developmental education programs, including through use of pilot |
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| 29 | 29 | | programs; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) assess various methods of providing developmental |
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| 31 | 31 | | education to students to determine which methods, if any, should be |
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| 32 | 32 | | implemented on a statewide basis. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (c) Developmental education under the plan must include: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) technological delivery of developmental education |
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| 35 | 35 | | courses that allows students to complete course work; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) diagnostic assessments to determine a student's |
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| 37 | 37 | | specific educational needs to allow for appropriate developmental |
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| 38 | 38 | | instruction; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3) modular developmental education course materials; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (4) use of tutors and instructional aides to |
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| 41 | 41 | | supplement developmental education course instruction as needed |
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| 42 | 42 | | for particular students; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (5) an internal monitoring mechanism to identify a |
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| 44 | 44 | | student's area of academic difficulty; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (6) periodic updates of developmental education |
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| 46 | 46 | | course materials; and |
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| 47 | 47 | | (7) assessments after completion of a developmental |
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| 48 | 48 | | education course to determine a student's readiness to enroll in |
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| 49 | 49 | | freshman-level academic courses. |
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| 50 | 50 | | (d) The developmental education plan must provide for: |
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| 51 | 51 | | (1) ongoing training for developmental education |
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| 52 | 52 | | program faculty members, tutors, and instructional aides at the |
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| 53 | 53 | | institutions or other locations where those persons provide |
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| 54 | 54 | | instruction; and |
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| 55 | 55 | | (2) ongoing research and improvement of appropriate |
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| 56 | 56 | | developmental education programs, including participation by a |
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| 57 | 57 | | group of institution of higher education faculty members selected |
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| 58 | 58 | | by the board, to: |
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| 59 | 59 | | (A) monitor results of the programs; |
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| 60 | 60 | | (B) identify successful and unsuccessful program |
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| 61 | 61 | | components; and |
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| 62 | 62 | | (C) identify possible solutions to program |
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| 63 | 63 | | problems. |
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| 64 | 64 | | (e) Not later than December 1, 2012, the board shall submit |
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| 65 | 65 | | to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of |
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| 66 | 66 | | representatives, and presiding officer of each legislative |
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| 67 | 67 | | standing committee with primary jurisdiction over higher education |
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| 68 | 68 | | a report concerning the initial development of the developmental |
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| 69 | 69 | | education plan under this section, including any recommendations |
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| 70 | 70 | | for redesign or reassignment among institutions of higher education |
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| 71 | 71 | | of existing programs or implementation of new programs and, if |
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| 72 | 72 | | appropriate, recommendations for legislation. This subsection |
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| 73 | 73 | | expires January 1, 2013. |
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| 74 | 74 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 75 | 75 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 76 | 76 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 77 | 77 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 78 | 78 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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