| 1 | 1 | | 85R5383 PAM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Goldman, Guillen, Bonnen of Brazoria H.B. No. 1650 |
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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 a United States history dual |
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| 8 | 8 | | credit course as an alternative to compliance with the United |
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| 9 | 9 | | States history end-of-course assessment requirement. |
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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-5) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a-5) A student enrolled in an eligible United States |
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| 14 | 14 | | history dual credit course provided through an institution of |
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| 15 | 15 | | higher education or a private or independent institution of higher |
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| 16 | 16 | | education, as those terms are defined under Section 61.003, is |
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| 17 | 17 | | eligible to be exempt from administration of the United States |
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| 18 | 18 | | history end-of-course assessment instrument as prescribed by |
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| 19 | 19 | | Subsection (a). A student who fails to successfully complete the |
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| 20 | 20 | | United States history dual credit course must take the United |
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| 21 | 21 | | States history end-of-course assessment instrument. The |
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| 22 | 22 | | commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary for the administration |
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| 23 | 23 | | of this subsection. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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| 25 | 25 | | school year. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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