By: Seliger S.B. No. 453
(In the Senate - Filed February 4, 2015; February 9, 2015,
read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education;
March 18, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
Nays 0; March 18, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to minimum scores required for public school students to
receive credit by an examination administered through the
College-Level Examination Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.023(c-1), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c-1) A school district shall give a student in grade level
six or above credit for a subject if the student scores:
(1) a three or higher on an advanced placement
examination approved by the board of trustees under Subsection (a)
and developed by the College Board; or
(2) a scaled score of 50 [60] or higher on an
examination approved by the board of trustees under Subsection (a)
and administered through the College-Level Examination Program.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
school year.
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.
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