| 1 | 1 | | 84R2161 PAM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Goldman H.B. No. 462 |
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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 successful completion of dual credit courses as an |
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| 8 | 8 | | alternative to compliance with end-of-course assessment |
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| 9 | 9 | | requirements. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a-2) The commissioner shall determine a method by which a |
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| 14 | 14 | | student's successful completion of a dual credit course, as |
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| 15 | 15 | | determined by a letter grade of at least a C, provided through an |
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| 16 | 16 | | institution of higher education or a private or independent |
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| 17 | 17 | | institution of higher education, as those terms are defined under |
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| 18 | 18 | | Section 61.003, shall be used to satisfy the requirements |
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| 19 | 19 | | concerning an end-of-course assessment instrument in an equivalent |
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| 20 | 20 | | subject as prescribed by Subsection (a). A student who fails to |
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| 21 | 21 | | successfully complete a dual credit course may retake the course in |
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| 22 | 22 | | an effort to successfully complete the course for purposes of this |
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| 23 | 23 | | subsection or may take the appropriate end-of-course assessment |
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| 24 | 24 | | instrument. The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary for the |
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| 25 | 25 | | administration of this subsection. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. Section 39.023(o), Education Code, is repealed. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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| 28 | 28 | | school year. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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