84R2161 PAM-D
By: Goldman H.B. No. 462
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to successful completion of dual credit courses as an
alternative to compliance with end-of-course assessment
requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
(a-2) The commissioner shall determine a method by which a
student's successful completion of a dual credit course, as
determined by a letter grade of at least a C, provided through an
institution of higher education or a private or independent
institution of higher education, as those terms are defined under
Section 61.003, shall be used to satisfy the requirements
concerning an end-of-course assessment instrument in an equivalent
subject as prescribed by Subsection (a). A student who fails to
successfully complete a dual credit course may retake the course in
an effort to successfully complete the course for purposes of this
subsection or may take the appropriate end-of-course assessment
instrument. The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary for the
administration of this subsection.
SECTION 2. Section 39.023(o), Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
school year.
SECTION 4. 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.