H.B. No. 1891
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from the assessment requirements of the
Texas Success Initiative for students who achieve a certain score
on a high school equivalency examination.
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 on a
high school equivalency examination administered under Section
7.111 is exempt from the requirements of this subchapter. 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 2020 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 September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1891 was passed by the House on April
16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1891 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor