87R8460 BDP-D
By: Lozano H.B. No. 3332
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study on the gap in student grade point averages
resulting from the accessibility of dual credit courses to public
high school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) In this Act:
(1) "Agency" means the Texas Education Agency.
(2) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board.
(3) "Educationally disadvantaged" has the meaning
assigned by Section 5.001, Education Code.
(b) The agency, with assistance from the coordinating
board, shall conduct a study on the accessibility of dual credit
courses to educationally disadvantaged high school students
enrolled at school districts in rural and urban areas of the state
and any resulting adverse impacts on the grade point average of
those students.
(c) The study must examine:
(1) the types of dual credit courses for which an
additional weight is given for purposes of computing a student's
high school grade point average;
(2) the sources of funding for dual credit courses and
the amount funded by each source, disaggregated by school district;
(3) the number of students who do not enroll in dual
credit courses because of an inability to pay the costs associated
with or a lack of accessibility to those courses, disaggregated by
the peer group of the public junior college district, as identified
by the coordinating board, within whose service area the students
reside;
(4) the differences in student high school grade point
averages between students in rural areas and urban areas,
disaggregated by socioeconomic status; and
(5) any other factor deemed relevant by the agency.
(d) Not later than December 1, 2022, the agency, with the
assistance of the coordinating board, shall prepare and submit to
the legislature a report on the results of the study and any
recommendations for legislative or other action.
(e) This Act expires September 1, 2023.
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, 2021.