86R8627 JES-D
By: Johnson S.B. No. 1517
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a public high school by the Texas
Education Agency as an early college high school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.908, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) The commissioner may not refuse to designate a high
school campus as an early college high school or revoke or refuse to
renew a campus's designation as an early college high school on the
basis of the percentage of educationally disadvantaged students
enrolled at the high school campus reported through the Public
Education Information Management System (PEIMS).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.