84R1729 KJE-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1776
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exemption from the assessment requirements of the
Texas Success Initiative for students who successfully complete
certain college preparatory courses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.3062(q-2), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(q-2) A student who successfully completes a college
preparatory course under Section 28.014 is exempt from the
requirements of this section with respect to the content area of the
course. The exemption is effective for the three-year period
following the date the student graduates from high school. [The
commissioner of higher education by rule shall establish the period
for which an exemption under this subsection is valid.] The
exemption applies only at the institution of higher education that
partners with the school district in which the student is enrolled
to provide the course, except that the commissioner by rule may
determine the manner in which the exemption may be applied to
institutions of higher education other than the partnering
institution.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies
beginning with the assessment of entering undergraduate students at
public institutions of higher education for the 2015 fall semester.
The assessment of an entering undergraduate student for an academic
term before that semester is covered by the law in effect before the
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
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.