By: Rodriguez of Travis, et al. H.B. No. 505
(Senate Sponsor - Estes)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2015;
April 21, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 7, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 7, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition of limitations on the number of dual
credit courses or hours in which a public high school student may
enroll.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.009(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The agency shall coordinate with the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board as necessary in administering this
section. The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary concerning
the duties under this section of a school district. The Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt rules as necessary
concerning the duties under this section of a public institution of
higher education. A rule may not limit:
(1) the number of dual credit courses or hours in which
a student may enroll while in high school;
(2) the number of dual credit courses or hours in which
a student may enroll each semester or academic year; or
(3) the grade levels at which a high school student may
be eligible to enroll in a dual credit course.
SECTION 2. Section 130.008(f), Education Code, is repealed.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.
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