Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1		-	By: Guerra (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 2537
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;
3		-	May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Education; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to requiring public schools to provide information to
12	6		certain students on the availability of financial assistance for
13	7		postsecondary education.
14	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	9		SECTION 1. Section 33.007(b), Education Code, is amended to
16	10		read as follows:
17	11		(b) During the first school year a student is enrolled in a
18	12		high school or at the high school level in an open-enrollment
19	13		charter school, and again during each year of a student's
20	14		enrollment in high school or at the high school level, a school
21	15		counselor shall provide information about postsecondary education
22	16		to the student and the student's parent or guardian. The
23	17		information must include information regarding:
24	18		(1) the importance of postsecondary education;
25	19		(2) the advantages of earning an endorsement and a
26	20		performance acknowledgment and completing the distinguished level
27	21		of achievement under the foundation high school program under
28	22		Section 28.025;
29	23		(3) the disadvantages of taking courses to prepare for
30	24		a high school equivalency examination relative to the benefits of
31	25		taking courses leading to a high school diploma;
32	26		(4) financial aid eligibility;
33	27		(5) instruction on how to apply for federal financial
34	28		aid;
35	29		(6) the center for financial aid information
36	30		established under Section 61.0776;
37	31		(7) the automatic admission of certain students to
38	32		general academic teaching institutions as provided by Section
39	33		51.803;
40	34		(8) the eligibility and academic performance
41	35		requirements for the TEXAS Grant as provided by Subchapter M,
42	36		Chapter 56; [and]
43	37		(9) the availability of programs in the district under
44	38		which a student may earn college credit, including advanced
45	39		placement programs, dual credit programs, joint high school and
46	40		college credit programs, and international baccalaureate programs;
47	41		and
48	42		(10) the availability of education and training
49	43		vouchers and tuition and fee waivers to attend an institution of
50	44		higher education as provided by Section 54.366 for a student who is
51	45		or was previously in the conservatorship of the Department of
52	46		Family and Protective Services.
53	47		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
54	48		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
55	49		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
56	50		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
57	51		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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	52	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	53	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	54	+	I certify that H.B. No. 2537 was passed by the House on May 9,
	55	+	2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	56	+	voting.
	57	+	______________________________
	58	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	59	+	I certify that H.B. No. 2537 was passed by the Senate on May
	60	+	24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	61	+	______________________________
	62	+	Secretary of the Senate
	63	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	64	+	Date
	65	+	_____________________
	66	+	Governor