85R5383 PAM-D
By: Goldman, Guillen, Bonnen of Brazoria H.B. No. 1650
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to successful completion of a United States history dual
credit course as an alternative to compliance with the United
States history end-of-course assessment requirement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-5) to read as follows:
(a-5) A student enrolled in an eligible United States
history dual credit course provided through an institution of
higher education or a private or independent institution of higher
education, as those terms are defined under Section 61.003, is
eligible to be exempt from administration of the United States
history end-of-course assessment instrument as prescribed by
Subsection (a). A student who fails to successfully complete the
United States history dual credit course must take the United
States history end-of-course assessment instrument. The
commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary for the administration
of this subsection.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
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, 2017.