84R7390 MK-D
By: Canales H.B. No. 1959
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that public school counselors provide
parents with information regarding assessment instruments used in
the admissions processes of colleges and universities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.007, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) In September and January of each school year, a school
counselor at a high school, including an open-enrollment charter
school offering high school grade levels, shall mail information
relating to the SAT, the ACT, and any other national
norm-referenced assessment instrument generally used by colleges
and universities as part of their undergraduate admissions
processes to the home address of the parent or guardian of each
student enrolled in grade 11 or 12. The information must include
upcoming administration dates for the assessment instruments and
associated registration deadlines.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2015.