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| 1 | 1 | By: Estes S.B. No. 1159 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to a prohibition of limitations on the number of dual | |
| 7 | 7 | credit courses or hours in which a public high school student may | |
| 8 | 8 | enroll. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 28.009(b), Education Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b) The agency shall coordinate with the Texas Higher | |
| 13 | 13 | Education Coordinating Board as necessary in administering this | |
| 14 | 14 | section. The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary concerning | |
| 15 | 15 | the duties under this section of a school district. The Texas | |
| 16 | 16 | Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt rules as necessary | |
| 17 | 17 | concerning the duties under this section of a public institution of | |
| 18 | 18 | higher education. A rule may not limit the number of dual credit | |
| 19 | 19 | courses or hours in which a student may enroll while in high school | |
| 20 | 20 | or limit the number of dual credit courses or hours in which a | |
| 21 | 21 | student may enroll each semester or academic year. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | |
| 23 | 23 | school year. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 25 | 25 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 26 | 26 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |