| 1 | 1 | | 87R8460 BDP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lozano H.B. No. 3332 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a study on the gap in student grade point averages |
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| 8 | 8 | | resulting from the accessibility of dual credit courses to public |
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| 9 | 9 | | high school students. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. (a) In this Act: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (1) "Agency" means the Texas Education Agency. |
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| 13 | 13 | | (2) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher |
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| 14 | 14 | | Education Coordinating Board. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (3) "Educationally disadvantaged" has the meaning |
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| 16 | 16 | | assigned by Section 5.001, Education Code. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) The agency, with assistance from the coordinating |
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| 18 | 18 | | board, shall conduct a study on the accessibility of dual credit |
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| 19 | 19 | | courses to educationally disadvantaged high school students |
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| 20 | 20 | | enrolled at school districts in rural and urban areas of the state |
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| 21 | 21 | | and any resulting adverse impacts on the grade point average of |
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| 22 | 22 | | those students. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) The study must examine: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) the types of dual credit courses for which an |
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| 25 | 25 | | additional weight is given for purposes of computing a student's |
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| 26 | 26 | | high school grade point average; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) the sources of funding for dual credit courses and |
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| 28 | 28 | | the amount funded by each source, disaggregated by school district; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (3) the number of students who do not enroll in dual |
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| 30 | 30 | | credit courses because of an inability to pay the costs associated |
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| 31 | 31 | | with or a lack of accessibility to those courses, disaggregated by |
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| 32 | 32 | | the peer group of the public junior college district, as identified |
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| 33 | 33 | | by the coordinating board, within whose service area the students |
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| 34 | 34 | | reside; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (4) the differences in student high school grade point |
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| 36 | 36 | | averages between students in rural areas and urban areas, |
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| 37 | 37 | | disaggregated by socioeconomic status; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | (5) any other factor deemed relevant by the agency. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (d) Not later than December 1, 2022, the agency, with the |
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| 40 | 40 | | assistance of the coordinating board, shall prepare and submit to |
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| 41 | 41 | | the legislature a report on the results of the study and any |
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| 42 | 42 | | recommendations for legislative or other action. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (e) This Act expires September 1, 2023. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 45 | 45 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 46 | 46 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 47 | 47 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 48 | 48 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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