Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	S.B. No. 1277
	1	+	By: West, et al. S.B. No. 1277
	2	+	(Turner of Dallas)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to an agreement between a school district and public
6	8		institution of higher education to provide a dual credit program to
7	9		high school students enrolled in the district.
8	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	11		SECTION 1. Section 28.009(b-2), Education Code, as amended
10	12		by Chapters 264 (S.B. 1276) and 901 (H.B. 3650), Acts of the 86th
11	13		Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, is reenacted and amended to
12	14		read as follows:
13	15		(b-2) Any agreement, including a memorandum of
14	16		understanding or articulation agreement, between a school district
15	17		and public institution of higher education to provide a dual credit
16	18		program described by Subsection (b-1) must:
17	19		(1) include specific program goals aligned with the
18	20		statewide goals developed under Subsection (b-1);
19	21		(2) establish common advising strategies and
20	22		terminology related to dual credit and college readiness;
21	23		(3) provide for the alignment of endorsements
22	24		described by Section 28.025(c-1) offered by the district, and dual
23	25		credit courses offered under the agreement that apply towards those
24	26		endorsements, with postsecondary pathways and credentials at the
25	27		institution and industry certifications;
26	28		(4) identify tools, including tools developed by the
27	29		agency, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, or the Texas
28	30		Workforce Commission, to assist school counselors, students, and
29	31		families in selecting endorsements offered by the district and dual
30	32		credit courses offered under the agreement;
31	33		(5) establish, or provide a procedure for
32	34		establishing, the course credits that may be earned under the
33	35		agreement, including by developing a course equivalency crosswalk
34	36		or other method for equating high school courses with college
35	37		courses and identifying the number of credits that may be earned for
36	38		each course completed through the program;
37	39		(6) describe the academic supports and, if applicable,
38	40		guidance that will be provided to students participating in the
39	41		program;
40	42		(7) establish the district's and the institution's
41	43		respective roles and responsibilities in providing the program and
42	44		ensuring the quality and instructional rigor of the program;
43	45		(8) state the sources of funding for courses offered
44	46		under the program, including, at a minimum, the sources of funding
45	47		for tuition, transportation, and any required fees or textbooks for
46	48		students participating in the program;
47	49		(9) require the district and the institution to
48	50		consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in
49	51		courses offered under the program; [and]
50	52		(10) [(7)] be posted each year on the district's and
51	53		the institution's respective Internet websites; and
52	54		(11) designate at least one employee of the district
53	55		or institution as responsible for providing academic advising to a
54	56		student who enrolls in a dual credit course under the program before
55	57		the student begins the course.
56	58		SECTION 2. Section 28.009(b-2), Education Code, as
57	59		reenacted and amended by this Act, applies only to an agreement to
58	60		provide a dual credit program entered into or renewed on or after
59	61		September 1, 2021. An agreement to provide a dual credit program
60	62		entered into or renewed before September 1, 2021, is governed by the
61	63		law as it existed at the time the agreement was entered into or
62	64		renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
63	65		SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
64	66		over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021,
65	67		relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
66	68		codes.
67	69		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
68	70		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
69	71		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
70	72		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
71	73		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
72		-	______________________________ ______________________________
73		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
74		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1277 passed the Senate on
75		-	April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
76		-	______________________________
77		-	Secretary of the Senate
78		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1277 passed the House on
79		-	May 11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 108, Nays 37, one
80		-	present not voting.
81		-	______________________________
82		-	Chief Clerk of the House
83		-	Approved:
84		-	______________________________
85		-	Date
86		-	______________________________
87		-	Governor