86R5378 KJE-D
By: Sanford H.B. No. 3593
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to
document and maintain information regarding the granting of certain
undergraduate course credit to entering freshman students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.968, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) For purposes of evaluating the policy adopted under
Subsection (b), an institution of higher education shall document
and maintain information regarding each granting of undergraduate
course credit under that policy for achieving a required score on an
Advanced Placement examination, including:
(1) the subject of the examination;
(2) the score achieved on the examination; and
(3) the course for which credit was granted.
SECTION 2. Section 51.968(h), Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies beginning with undergraduate course credit
granted in the 2019-2020 academic 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, 2019.