86R2785 KJE-F
By: Stucky H.B. No. 1891
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from the assessment requirements of the
Texas Success Initiative for students who achieve certain scores on
certain high school equivalency examinations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.338, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) A student who has achieved a score set by the board in a
content area subject to the standards prescribed by the board under
Section 51.334(b) on a high school equivalency examination
administered under Section 7.111 is exempt from the requirements of
this subchapter with respect to that content area. A student may
receive an exemption under this subsection for English language
arts only if the high school equivalency examination administered
to the student assesses reading and writing in a single assessment
instrument. The commissioner of higher education by rule shall
establish the period for which an exemption under this subsection
is valid.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies
beginning with the assessment of entering undergraduate students at
public institutions of higher education for the 2019 fall semester.
The assessment of an entering undergraduate student for an academic
term before that semester is governed by the law in effect before
the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
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, 2019.