| 1 | 1 | | 84R26438 KJE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Guillen H.B. No. 1611 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1611: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Martinez C.S.H.B. No. 1611 |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the exemption from the assessment requirements of the |
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| 10 | 10 | | Texas Success Initiative for students who successfully complete |
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| 11 | 11 | | certain college preparatory courses. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 51.3062, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 14 | 14 | | amending Subsection (q-2) and adding Subsections (q-3) and (q-4) to |
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| 15 | 15 | | read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (q-2) A student who successfully completes a college |
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| 17 | 17 | | preparatory course under Section 28.014 is exempt from the |
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| 18 | 18 | | requirements of this section with respect to the content area of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | course, provided that the student satisfies the requirements under |
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| 20 | 20 | | Subsection (q-3). The exemption is effective for the two-year |
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| 21 | 21 | | period following the date the student graduates from high school. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [The commissioner of higher education by rule shall establish the |
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| 23 | 23 | | period for which an exemption under this subsection is valid.] The |
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| 24 | 24 | | exemption applies only at the institution of higher education that |
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| 25 | 25 | | partners with the school district in which the student is enrolled |
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| 26 | 26 | | to provide the course, except that the commissioner by rule may |
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| 27 | 27 | | determine the manner in which the exemption may be applied to |
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| 28 | 28 | | institutions of higher education other than the partnering |
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| 29 | 29 | | institution. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (q-3) A student receiving an exemption under Subsection |
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| 31 | 31 | | (q-2) must enroll in a college-level course in the exempted content |
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| 32 | 32 | | area during the student's first year of enrollment at an |
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| 33 | 33 | | institution of higher education occurring after the student |
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| 34 | 34 | | qualifies for the exemption. If the student earns a grade below a |
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| 35 | 35 | | "C" for the course, the institution shall advise the student of |
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| 36 | 36 | | non-course-based options for attaining college readiness, such as |
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| 37 | 37 | | tutoring or accelerated learning. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (q-4) The board shall: |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) collect and analyze data regarding the |
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| 40 | 40 | | effectiveness of college preparatory courses provided under |
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| 41 | 41 | | Section 28.014 in assisting students to become ready to perform |
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| 42 | 42 | | college-level academic coursework, as measured by the rate at which |
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| 43 | 43 | | students receiving an exemption under Subsection (q-2) |
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| 44 | 44 | | successfully complete the course described by Subsection (q-3); and |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) in November of each even-numbered year, submit a |
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| 46 | 46 | | report on the board's findings to the governor, the lieutenant |
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| 47 | 47 | | governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the standing |
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| 48 | 48 | | legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over higher |
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| 49 | 49 | | education, and each institution of higher education and school |
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| 50 | 50 | | district that offers a college preparatory course under Section |
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| 51 | 51 | | 28.014. |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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| 53 | 53 | | beginning with the assessment of entering undergraduate students at |
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| 54 | 54 | | public institutions of higher education for the 2015 fall semester. |
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| 55 | 55 | | The assessment of an entering undergraduate student for an academic |
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| 56 | 56 | | term before that semester is covered by the law in effect before the |
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| 57 | 57 | | effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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| 58 | 58 | | that purpose. |
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| 59 | 59 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 60 | 60 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 61 | 61 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 62 | 62 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 63 | 63 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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