| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit at public |
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| 6 | 8 | | institutions of higher education for certain scores on examinations |
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| 7 | 9 | | administered through the College-Level Examination Program. |
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| 8 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 51.968, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 12 | | adding Subsection (c-2) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 13 | | (c-2) In establishing the minimum required score on a CLEP |
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| 12 | 14 | | examination for granting course credit for a particular |
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| 13 | 15 | | lower-division course under Subsection (c), an institution of |
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| 14 | 16 | | higher education may not require a score higher than the minimum |
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| 15 | 17 | | score recommended by the American Council on Education for granting |
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| 16 | 18 | | course credit for that examination unless the institution's chief |
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| 17 | 19 | | academic officer determines, based on evidence, that a higher score |
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| 18 | 20 | | on the examination is necessary to indicate that a student is |
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| 19 | 21 | | sufficiently prepared to be successful in a related, more advanced |
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| 20 | 22 | | course for which the lower-division course is a prerequisite. |
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| 21 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 51.968(c-2), Education Code, as added by |
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| 22 | 24 | | this Act, applies to entering freshman students at public |
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| 23 | 25 | | institutions of higher education beginning with the 2022 spring |
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| 24 | 26 | | semester. |
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| 25 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 30 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 31 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 32 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1227 passed the Senate on |
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| 33 | | - | May 5, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 34 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 36 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1227 passed the House on |
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| 37 | | - | May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 5, two present |
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| 38 | | - | not voting. |
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| 39 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 40 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 41 | | - | Approved: |
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| 42 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | | - | Date |
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| 44 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Governor |
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