Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3730 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R11820 KJE-D
2	2	By: Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 3730
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the development of a statewide online education and
8	8	career advising tool and to a study and report on certain courses
9	9	offered for college credit to public school students.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
12	12	amended by adding Sections 28.0092 and 28.0093 to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 28.0092. ONLINE EDUCATION AND CAREER ADVISING TOOL.
14	14	(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the
15	15	meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
16	16	(b) The agency shall develop and implement a statewide
17	17	online education and career advising tool to assist children in
18	18	making informed, meaningful, and attainable postsecondary and
19	19	career plans.
20	20	(c) The online education and career advising tool must
21	21	include:
22	22	(1) an individualized career pathway generator that
23	23	assists a child in selecting a career and identifying the secondary
24	24	and postsecondary courses the child should take to advance toward
25	25	that career; and
26	26	(2) information regarding:
27	27	(A) any local, regional, or statewide
28	28	articulation agreements regarding dual credit programs or the
29	29	transfer of course credit between institutions of higher education;
30	30	(B) the postsecondary and career options
31	31	associated with each endorsement under Section 28.025(c-1),
32	32	including the dual credit courses related to each endorsement that
33	33	apply toward a certificate or degree program at an institution of
34	34	higher education;
35	35	(C) any stackable degree programs provided by an
36	36	institution of higher education through which a student may obtain
37	37	a series of credentials as the student progresses through the
38	38	program;
39	39	(D) existing and anticipated employment
40	40	opportunities statewide and in a child's community, aligned to
41	41	state and regional workforce needs;
42	42	(E) anticipated earnings in various careers;
43	43	(F) local, regional, and statewide career
44	44	training and certification programs, including the requirements,
45	45	costs, and available options for those programs; and
46	46	(G) the time and cost required for and other
47	47	expenses related to various postsecondary and career options.
48	48	(d) In developing and implementing the online education and
49	49	career advising tool, the agency shall consult with the Texas
50	50	Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce
51	51	Commission. On request by the agency, the coordinating board and
52	52	the commission shall provide to the agency any data maintained by
53	53	the coordinating board or commission that is necessary to develop
54	54	the tool.
55	55	Sec. 28.0093. STUDY ON CERTAIN COURSES OFFERED FOR COLLEGE
56	56	CREDIT. (a) In this section:
57	57	(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher
58	58	Education Coordinating Board.
59	59	(2) "Course offered for college credit" means an
60	60	advanced placement course, a dual credit course, or a career and
61	61	technical education course offered for college credit.
62	62	(b) The agency and coordinating board jointly shall conduct
63	63	a study on courses offered for college credit in the state.
64	64	(c) The study must evaluate:
65	65	(1) the level of rigor of the courses most commonly
66	66	offered for college credit to a student enrolled in a school
67	67	district; and
68	68	(2) potential incentives that may be developed to
69	69	encourage school districts and public institutions of higher
70	70	education to ensure that courses offered for college credit are of
71	71	high quality.
72	72	(d) Not later than September 1, 2020, the agency and
73	73	coordinating board jointly shall submit to the governor, lieutenant
74	74	governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and standing
75	75	legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over education a
76	76	report on the results of the study and any recommendations for
77	77	legislative or other action.
78	78	(e) This section expires September 1, 2021.
79	79	SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency shall develop and
80	80	implement the online education and career advising tool as provided
81	81	by Section 28.0092, Education Code, as added by this Act, according
82	82	to the following schedule:
83	83	(1) not later than September 1, 2018, an initial
84	84	version of the tool that incorporates as many elements required
85	85	under that section as feasible must be developed and implemented;
86	86	and
87	87	(2) not later than September 1, 2019, the full version
88	88	of the tool that incorporates all of the elements required under
89	89	that section must be developed and implemented.
90	90	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
91	91	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
92	92	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
93	93	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
94	94	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.