By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1441
(Turner of Tarrant)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board comparing postsecondary educational outcomes for certain
traditional and nontraditional students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.06692 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.06692. STUDY COMPARING POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL
OUTCOMES FOR CERTAIN TRADITIONAL AND NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS.
(a) The board shall conduct a study comparing postsecondary
educational outcomes for students enrolled at institutions of
higher education who received a high school diploma and students
enrolled at those institutions who received a high school
equivalency certificate, disaggregated by the high school
equivalency examination completed.
(b) Not later than December 1, 2020, the board shall submit
to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the
house of representatives a report on the results of the study and
any recommendations for legislative or other action.
(c) This section expires September 1, 2021.
SECTION 2. 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.